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JOURNAL OF MEMBRANE SCIENCE
Volume 362, Issue 1-2, Pages 560-568Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2010.07.016
Keywords
Anti-fouling; Ultrafiltration; Photo-grafting; Crosslinking
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Funding
- Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt (DBU)
- Universitat Duisburg-Essen via DAAD
- Colorado State University via DAAD
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Anti-fouling composite membranes were prepared via photo-initiated grafting-from of the hydrophilic monomer poly(ethylene glycol) methacrylate on commercial polyethersulfone ultrafiltration membranes. A fine adjustment of the sieving properties of the modified membranes could be achieved by addition of suited crosslinker monomers in appropriate ratio to the reaction mixture In this study, two crosslinkers were used N,N'-methylene bisacrylamide (MBAA) and pentaerythritol triallyl ether (PETAE). Systematic variations of UV intensity and UV irradiation time in combination with varied monomer mixtures have been performed. The resulting membranes have been characterized with respect to degree of functionalization, contact angle and zeta potential as well as water flux and protein ultrafiltration performance with bovine serum albumin and myoglobin, yielding data for solute rejection and permeability loss due to membrane fouling. A minimum degree of functionalization was necessary to achieve fouling resistance, and especially in this range, the effects of the two crosslinker monomers were largely different Crosslinking with the two-armed MBAA yielded denser hydrogel layers on the porous base membrane and, consequently, enhanced protein rejection with increasing crosslinker ratio. In contrast, on the same membrane pore size, hydrogel layers crosslinked with the three-armed PETAE yielded a more open barrier structure and the protein rejection decreased with increasing crosslinker ratio Overall, this study delivered fundamental results for the preparation of high performance composite membranes with enhanced selectivity and anti-fouling properties for ultrafiltration. (C) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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