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AuthorWang T.
AuthorQiblawey H.
AuthorJudd S.
AuthorBenamor A.
AuthorNasser M.S.
AuthorMohammadian A.
Available date2019-10-17T07:44:38Z
Publication Date2018
Publication NameJournal of Membrane Science
ResourceScopus
ISSN3767388
URIhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2018.02.009
URIhttp://hdl.handle.net/10576/12155
AbstractThe use of bio-inspired polydopamine (PDA) chemistry for membrane development has attracted increasing interest in recent years. This paper reports on the fabrication of new nanofiltration (NF) membrane with a robust and permeable barrier layer based on dopamine assisted co-deposition strategy. Hydrophilic and hydroxyl-rich polymer poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) was used as the key building block for co-deposition, successfully entrapping it within the self-polymerized polydopamine (PDA) matrix with stabilization through intermolecular hydrogen bonding between PVA and PDA moieties. As a result, visibly denser, thicker and more hydrophilic co-deposited layers were formed on polysulfone (PSf) substrates compared to the pure PDA layer. The surface properties of the co-deposited layers were found to be sensitive to the amount of PVA incorporated within the coating layers, while the latter positively correlated with the content of PVA in dopamine coating solution. Further crosslinking with highly electrophilic trimesoyl chloride (TMC) as a covalent linker effectively tightened the co-deposited layers, yielding NF characteristics for the crosslinked membranes with negatively charged features. The NF membranes had notably higher water permeabilities with comparable Na2SO4 rejections at low operation pressures of 2 bar when compared with commercial and several lab-fabricated NF membranes. Furthermore, the NF membrane based on high PVA content of 10 mg mL?1 showed good protein fouling resistance and long-term performance stability. - 2018 Elsevier B.V.
SponsorThis work is supported by grant from the Qatar National Research Fund (QNRF) under its National Priorities Research Program (NPRP) award number NPRP 8�1115-2�473 . The statements made herein are solely the responsibility of the authors. We acknowledge Center of Advanced Materials (CAM, Qatar University) for AFM measurements. Appendix A
Languageen
PublisherElsevier B.V.
SubjectCo-deposition
Crosslinking
Nanofiltration membrane
Poly(vinyl alcohol)
Polydopamine
TitleFabrication of high flux nanofiltration membrane via hydrogen bonding based co-deposition of polydopamine with poly(vinyl alcohol)
TypeArticle
Pagination222-233
Volume Number552


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