Improved antifouling properties of photobioreactors by surface grafted sulfobetaine polymers

Volume: 33, Issue: 10, Pages: 970 - 979
Published: Nov 26, 2017
Abstract
To improve the antifouling (AF) properties of photobioreactors (PBR) for microalgal cultivation, using trihydroxymethyl aminomethane (tris) as the linking agent, a series of polyethylene (PE) films grafted with sulfobetaine (PE-SBMA) with grafting density ranging from 23.11 to 112 μg cm−2 were prepared through surface-initiated atom transfer radical polymerization (SI-ATRP). It was found that the contact angle of PE-SBMA films decreased with the...
Paper Details
Title
Improved antifouling properties of photobioreactors by surface grafted sulfobetaine polymers
Published Date
Nov 26, 2017
Journal
Volume
33
Issue
10
Pages
970 - 979
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