Morphology and performance of polyvinyl chloride membrane modified with Pluronic F127.

Attempts to modify the morphology of membrane for application in industrial separation are being undertaken by many researchers. The present study discusses the morphological modification of polyvinyl chloride (PVC) membrane by combining the hydrophilic surfactant Pluronic F127 (PF127) in a polymer solution to improve the performance of the membrane.  The membrane is formed using the non-solvent induced-phase separation (NIPS) method.