Journal
POLYMERS
Volume 11, Issue 11, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/polym11111737
Keywords
porous membranes; adsorption performance; chitosan; beta-cyclodextrin; crosslinking
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [51503144]
- Natural Science Foundation of Tianjin [18JCZDJC37000]
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In order to obtain membranes with both organic separation and adsorption functions, knitted tube composite beta-cyclodextrin/chitosan (beta-CD/CS) porous membranes were prepared by the non-solvent induced phase separation (NIPS) method using CS and beta-CD as a membrane-forming matrix, glutaraldehyde as crosslinking agent to improve water stability, and knitted tube as reinforcement to enhance the mechanical properties. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), contact angle, water flux, bovine serum albumin (BSA) rejection and tensile test were carried out. The FTIR demonstrated that the beta-CD and CS had been successfully crosslinked. With the crosslinking time increased, the membrane structure became denser, the contact angle and the rejection rate increased, while the water flux decreased. The strength and elongation at a break were 236 and 1.7 times higher than these of bare beta-CD/CS porous membranes, respectively. The strength of crosslinking membranes increased further. The adsorption performance of composite membranes was investigated for the removal of phenolphthalein (PP) from aqueous solution. The adsorption process followed the Langmuir isotherm model, and the kinetic behavior was accorded with the Double constant equation and the Elovich equation. The adsorption mechanism could be explained by the synergistic effect of host-guest interaction from beta-cyclodextrin, non-uniform diffusion and porous network capture.
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