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JOURNAL OF MEMBRANE SCIENCE
Volume 599, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2020.117821
Keywords
Water detoxification; PNIPAm; Adsorption; PFOA; PFOS; Hydrogel
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- NIH-NIEHS-SRC [P42ES007380]
- NSF KY EPSCoR grant [1355438]
- UK-CARES [P30 ES026529]
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Perfluorochemicals (PFCs) are emerging contaminants in various water sources. Responsive polymers provide a new avenue for PFC adsorption/desorption from water. Poly-N-isopropylacrylamide's (PNIPAm's) temperature-responsive behavior and hydrophilic/hydrophobic transition is leveraged for reversible adsorption and desorption of PFCs. Adsorption of PFOA (perfluoro-octanoic acid) onto PNIPAm hydrogels yielded Freundlich distribution coefficients (K-d) of 0.073 L/g at 35 degrees C (above LCST) and 0.026 L/g at 22 degrees C. Kinetic studies yielded second order rate constants (k(2)) of 0.012 g/mg/h for adsorption and 12.6 g/mg/h for desorption, with initial rates of 28 mg/g/h and 41 mg/g/h, respectively. Interaction parameters of PNIPAm's functional groups in its different conformational states, as well as the hydrophobic fluorinated carbon tails and hydrophilic head groups of PFOA are used to describe relative adsorption. Polyvinylidene difluoride (PVDF) provides a robust membrane structure for the commercial viability of polymeric adsorbents. Temperature swing adsorption of PFOA using PNIPAm functionalized PVDF membrane pores showed consistent adsorption and desorption capacity over 5 cycles. PFOA desorption percentage of 60% was obtained in pure water at temperatures below PNIPAm's lower critical solution temperature (LCST) while 13% desorption was obtained at temperatures above the LCST, thus showing the importance of the LCST on desorption performance.
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