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Charge tunable thin-film composite membranes by gamma-ray triggered surface polymerization.


ABSTRACT: Thin-film composite poly(amide) (PA) membranes have greatly diversified water supplies and food products. However, users would benefit from a control of the electrostatic interactions between the liquid and the net surface charge interface in order to benefit wider application. The ionic selectivity of the 100?nm PA semi-permeable layer is significantly affected by the pH of the solution. In this work, for the first time, a convenient route is presented to configure the surface charge of PA membranes by gamma ray induced surface grafting. This rapid and up-scalable method offers a versatile route for surface grafting by adjusting the irradiation total dose and the monomer concentration. Specifically, thin coatings obtained at low irradiation doses between 1 and 10 kGy and at low monomer concentration of 1?v/v% in methanol/water (1:1) solutions, dramatically altered the net surface charge of the pristine membranes from -25 mV to +45?mV, whilst the isoelectric point of the materials shifted from pH 3 to pH 7. This modification resulted in an improved water flux by over 55%, from 45.9 to up 70?L.m-2.h-1, whilst NaCl rejection was found to drop by only 1% compared to pristine membranes.

SUBMITTER: Reis R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5493691 | biostudies-other | 2017 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other

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Charge tunable thin-film composite membranes by gamma-ray triggered surface polymerization.

Reis Rackel R   Duke Mikel C MC   Tardy Blaise L BL   Oldfield Daniel D   Dagastine Raymond R RR   Orbell John D JD   Dumée Ludovic F LF  

Scientific reports 20170630 1


Thin-film composite poly(amide) (PA) membranes have greatly diversified water supplies and food products. However, users would benefit from a control of the electrostatic interactions between the liquid and the net surface charge interface in order to benefit wider application. The ionic selectivity of the 100 nm PA semi-permeable layer is significantly affected by the pH of the solution. In this work, for the first time, a convenient route is presented to configure the surface charge of PA memb  ...[more]

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