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MICROMACHINES
卷 11, 期 1, 页码 -出版社
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/mi11010108
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membrane fabrication; soft lithography; hydrogel-facilitated phase separation; hydrogel mold; nanoporous membrane
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- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) [CRDPJ 501857-16]
Hydrogel-facilitated phase separation (HFPS) has recently been applied to make microstructured porous membranes by modified phase separation processes. In HFPS, a soft lithographically patterned hydrogel mold is used as a water content source that initiates the phase separation process in membrane fabrication. However, after each membrane casting, the hydrogel content changes due to the diffusion of organic solvent into the hydrogel from the original membrane solution. The absorption of solvent into the hydrogel mold limits the continuous use of the mold in repeated membrane casts. In this study, we investigated a simple treatment process for hydrogel mold recovery, consisting of warm and cold treatment steps to provide solvent extraction without changing the hydrogel mold integrity. The best recovery result was 96%, which was obtained by placing the hydrogel in a warm water bath (50 degrees C) for 10 min followed by immersing in a cold bath (23 degrees C) for 4 min and finally 4 min drying in air. This recovery was attributed to nearly complete solvent extraction without any deformation of the hydrogel structure. The reusability of hydrogel can assist in the development of a continuous membrane fabrication process using HFPS.
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