Casting and performance of polyvinylidene fluoride based membranes

In-situ combined dual-layer CNT/PVDF membrane for electrically-enhanced fouling resistance

“…Polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF), as one of the most extensively used membrane materials, is well known for its outstanding mechanical strength, chemical resistance, and thermal stability [33][34][35]. A suitable integration of CNT and PVDF could give rise to a practical composite conductive membrane which possesses both the advantageous properties of CNT and PVDF.…”

A simplified method for preparation of hydrophilic PVDF membranes from an amphiphilic graft copolymer

“…Considerable effort is being devoted to developing suitable techniques for surface modification of PVDF membranes, which in general, can be classified into coating [11], surface graft polymerisation [8,[12][13][14], adsorption [15], and hydrophilic chemical modification of bulk membrane materials [16]. Another method that has been recently reported to have improved the hydrophilicity of PVDF membranes is the blending amphiphilic graft copolymers with the casting solution during membrane preparation [10,17,18].…”

Polymorphism in porous poly(vinylidene fluoride) membranes formed via immersion precipitation process

“…Poly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF) is one of the most attractive polymer materials for separation membranes, notable for its extraordinary mechanical properties, high chemical resistance, good thermal stability and excellent biocompatibility [1][2][3][4][5]. During the past three decades, the interest in PVDF also lies in its remarkable pyro-, piezo-and ferro-electric properties generating from its complicated polymorphism [6][7][8][9][10].…”