Cover page describe the Schematic diagram of surface faradaic redox reactions on the Fe2O3 nanoparticles on Nitrogen-doped graphene. The Figure has been taken from the manuscript entitled “Graphene-metal oxide nanocomposites for supercapacitors: A perspective review”.
Highly hydrophilic copolymer based PES hollow fibre ultrafiltration membranes
James Antony Prince1, 2*, Sowrirajalu Bhuvana1, Vanangamudi Anbharasi1, K.V. Kamelia Boodhoo2, Gurdev Singh1
1Environmental and Water Technology Centre of Innovation (EWTCOI), Ngee Ann Polytechnic, Singapore 599489
2School of Chemical Engineering and Advanced Materials, Faculty of Science, Agriculture and Engineering, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RU, United Kingdom
Adv. Mater. Lett., 2018, 9 (1), pp 25-30
DOI: 10.5185/amlett.2018.1656
Publication Date (Web): May 15, 2018
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E-mail: jap2@np.edu.sg, James_SELVARAJ@np.edu.sg
Bio-fouling is a major issue in all membrane-based water treatment systems and there are several cleaning methods available to address this problem. Current membrane modification methods are focused on improving the hydrophilicity of membranes by blending hydrophilic additives or blending antibacterial compounds with the dope solution. In this study, we demonstrate a new method to impart bio-fouling resistance to a membrane surface by developing a water-insoluble unique copolymer additive, namely poly (acrylonitrile co maleic acid co di-amino maleio-nitrile) (PANCMACDAMN) with highly hydrophilic carboxylic and amine functional groups. Hydrophilic polyethylene glycol functionalized with silver (Ag) was grafted to the copolymer backbone to further improve the hydrophilicity. The final additive PEG-Ag attached PANCMACDAMN was used to modify polyethersulfone (PES) ultrafiltration (UF) membrane. Characterization tests indicate that the innovative surface chemistry increases the hydrophilicity of the membrane by reducing the water contact angle (CAw) by 78.1% and increases its permeability by 120% compared to the control membrane. More importantly, the innovative surface chemistry prevents protein attachment and exhibits inhibition to microbes even after 720 min of continuous protein solution filtration.
Biofouling, ultrafiltration, self-cleaning, hydrophilic membrane, surface modification.
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