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JOURNAL OF SUPERCRITICAL FLUIDS
Volume 186, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.supflu.2022.105589
Keywords
Supercritical carbon dioxide; Surface modification; Grafting; Polyacrylonitrile; 2-Hydroxyethyl methacrylate; Improved hydrophilicity
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- Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan
- Shuang Ho Hospital, Taipei Medical University, National Taiwan University, Ming Chi University of Technology
- Chinese Culture University
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Supercritical carbon dioxide (SCCO2) was used to modify the surface of polyacrylonitrile (PAN) membrane by grafting the hydrophilic monomer, 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate (HEMA). The grafting reaction was achieved using a two-step process in SCCO2, resulting in a significantly improved hydrophilicity of the modified PAN surface.
Supercritical carbon dioxide (SCCO2) was used in this study for the surface modification of polyacrylonitrile (PAN) membrane. A two-step process was used to graft the hydrophilic monomer, 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate (HEMA), by the free radical polymerization onto PAN. The first step was the soaking of the initiator, 2,2'-azo-bisisobutyronitrile (AIBN), into the SCCO2-swollen PAN. The second step involved the grafting reaction of HEMA through the pre-soaked AIBN on the surface of PAN in SCCO2. A grafting percentage up to 30 wt% was obtained under the optimal reaction temperature at 70 C and pressure at 17.5 MPa. The modified PAN surface was coated with domains of HEMA that improved the hydrophilicity after the reaction process. The static contact angle of the polymer surface changed from the initial value of 55 to 27 after the optimal PAN surface modification process.
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