| TeM | Track-etched membrane |
| AA | Acrylic acid |
| PAA | Poly(acrylic acid) |
| PET | Poly(ethylene terephthalate) |
| XRD | X-ray diffraction |
| PET-g-PAA | PAA-grafted PET TeM |
| Cu(OH)2@PET-g-PAA | PAA-grafted composite membrane with loaded Cu(OH)2 nanoclusters synthesized using e-beam |
| Cu@PET-g-PAA | PAA-grafted composite membrane with loaded Cu nanoclusters synthesized using γ-rays |
| NC | Nanocluster |
| SEM | Scanning electron microscopy |
| DC | Degree of crystallinity (%) |
| L | Average crystallite size (nm) |
| ka | Aate constant (min−1) |
| D | Degradation rate (%) |
| EA | Activation energy (kJ/mol) |
| ∆H | Activation enthalpy (kJ/mol) |
| ∆S | Activation entropy (kJ/mol·K) |
| ∆G | Gibbs free energy (kJ/mol) |
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