Journal
REACTIVE & FUNCTIONAL POLYMERS
Volume 162, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.reactfunctpolym.2021.104872
Keywords
Membrane modification; Zinc oxide nanoparticles; Biofouling; Polyethersulfone; APTES
Funding
- Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic
- European Union -European Sin tructural and Investment Funds [CZ.02.1.01/0.0/0.0/16_019/0000843]
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In an effort to reduce membrane biofouling, ultrafiltration polyethersulfone (PES) membranes doped with zinc oxide nanoparticles (NPs) with antimicrobial properties were developed. The membranes with surface-functionalized ZnO NPs showed higher permeability and lower leaching compared to unmodified ZnO NPs, and also exhibited better antimicrobial properties.
In an attempt to mitigate membrane biofouling, the main limiting factor in membrane technology, ultrafiltration polyethersulfone (PES) membranes doped with zinc oxide nanoparticles (NPs) providing antimicrobial properties were fabricated. Synthesis of chlorsulfonated polyethersulfone (SPES-Cl) was based on modification of PES through sulfonation, followed by chlorination of -SO3H groups. The ZnO NPs were functionalized by (3-aminopropyl)triethoxysilane that enabled covalent bonding to polymer matrix, which was proved by XPS analysis. The membranes were examined for changes in permeability, antimicrobial properties, and leaching of ZnO NPs. Membrane with surface-functionalized ZnO NPs displayed permeability of ca. 260 L m- 2 h-1 bar- 1, comparable to the reference, while membrane doped with unmodified ZnO NPs exhibited permeability ca. 50 L m- 2 h-1 bar- 1. Membranes with ZnO NPs displayed antimicrobial properties, with unmodified ZnO NPs exhibiting inhibition zone of 2?3 mm for S. aureus and that for surface-functionalized ZnO NPs < 0.5 mm. This corresponds with leaching, 25.9% of unmodified ZnO NPs leached from membrane compared with 5.8% for the covalentlybonded ZnO NPs.
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