JOURNAL OF APPLIED POLYMER SCIENCE
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2012
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Chun-Hui Du,Chun-Jin Wu,Li-Guang Wu
Amphiphilic copolymer Pluronic F127 was used as macromolecular additive to investigate the polymorphism and thermoresponsive properties of poly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF) membranes. Fourier transform infrared spectrometer (FTIR), X-ray diffraction (XRD), and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) were conducted to characterize the polymorphism and morphology of PVDF/F127 blend membranes. FTIR results indicated that F127 existed stably in the blend membranes, and lower F127 concentration in the cast solution was in favor of the formation of α-crystal phase, but higher F127 concentration could promote the formation of β- and γ-crystal phase in PVDF membranes. The results of XRD also confirmed these phenomena. With the increase of F127 in the cast solutions, a more sponge-like structure appeared at the bottom surface of the membranes as investigated by SEM. PVDF/F127 blend membranes also exhibited good thermoresponsive properties. The water flux of the membranes increased distinctly with the increase of the experimental temperature, decreased with the decrease of the temperature, and the increasing and decreasing curves were almost overlapped. Contact angle measurement and permeation experiment indicated that the blend membranes had good hydrophilicity and fouling resistance. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci, 2012
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高分子化学
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Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering
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2021
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IF 5.909
Wanying Xie,Ji Li,Feiyun Sun,Wenyi Dong,Zijun Dong
Aiming at the fouling problem of PVDF membrane, one novel integrated strategy was used for the first time, including hydrophilic membrane modification and low-pressure operation. Permeability and anti-fouling ability of PVDF were simultaneously improved by nano-TiO 2 embedment. From perspective of operating condition optimization, the concepts of critical flux (J C ) and threshold flux (J TH ) were recommended as fouling-control tools. The J C and J TH of PVDF-TiO 2 membrane were tested by two constant pressure-steps methods, i.e. Constant pressure-step method and Alternating constant pressure-step method. Three indicators, consisting of instant FTTT curves, dFlux/dt condition and TMP-Flux ave curve, were employed to evaluate the J C and J TH of PVDF-TiO 2 membrane. In brief, the J C and J TH of PVDF-TiO 2 were 10.62 and 23.91 L/(m 2 ·h), respectively, which were nearly 3 times of PVDF membrane. Fouling resistance results displayed that protein irreversible fouling of two PVDF membranes were effectively reduced by J C mode and J TH mode. Besides, reversible fouling of PVDF-TiO 2 membrane was controlled well by J C mode meanwhile. The pure water filtration line (PWF line) and the normalized resistance were both used to judge the form of J C of two membranes. As compared with PVDF, it was speculated the enhancement of J C and J TH mainly related to the better hydrophilicity and local hydraulic condition of PVDF-TiO 2 modified membrane.
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Journal of Water Process Engineering
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2021
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IF 5.485
Zixin Wu,Jiaying Tian,Lili Wu,Chaocan Zhang
Membrane technology plays an important role in wastewater separation and purification. However, the problem of poor hydrophobicity of the membrane is a serious obstacle to its application. With anti-cancer, prevention and control of cardiovascular diseases and other effects, tea polyphenols (TP), the main component of tea stains, have been widely studied in medical treatment, food, and biology. Here, inspired by an interesting phenomenon that some tea stains are difficult to clean in the cup after brewing tea, a facile tea polyphenols coating method was explored at the ambient condition to mitigate membrane fouling . The modification method is not only environmental protection, low cost, but also safe and healthy. The contact Angle of the TP modified film is reduced to 39°, and the pure water flux is up to 13,159 L•m-2• H-1, indicating that the hydrophilicity is significantly improved. In addition, TP film also has excellent antifouling performance (emulsion retention rate is 98.9%, water flux recovery is about 99.7%). Meanwhile, the TP modified membrane was stable in the acidic condition in the long-term rinsing experiment. In addition, titanium ions were introduced to improve the stability of TP-modified membranes under pure water or alkaline conditions since the TP coating imparts a binding side to bind metal ions . In the pure water and alkaline condition, the modified membrane showed outstanding stability after Titanium ions have been complexed.
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Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering
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2023
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Shusu Shen,Honglin Li,Yang Shen,Renbi Bai,Ganwei Zhang
Metal organic frameworks (MOFs) possess excellent post-modification characteristics, high specific surface area, diversity of skeleton composition and pore tunability, have been increasingly applied in membrane modifications. In this work, NH 2 -MIL-88B(Fe) (NM88B) was first fixed onto polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) membrane by polyethyleneimine (PEI) through a vacuum-assisted self-assembly process, and the deposited NM88B was subsequently grafted with perfluoroalkyl polyethoxyacetic acid (FPEOAA) via a condensation reaction to realize the surface modifications. The modified membranes (named as N1F x ) showed improved hydrophilicity and underwater-oleophobicity. In addition, very high pure water flux (up to 9403 L‧m −2 ‧h −1 ) was obtained for the N1F x membranes due to the high porosity of introduced NM88B. In the dead-end filtration experiments of n -hexadecane-water emulsion, the optimum membrane N1F20 showed a good oil rejection rate (98.3%) and high permeation flux (667 L‧m −2 ‧h −1 ) which is approximately seven times of the pure PVDF membrane, indicating that the surface-modified membranes had excellent permeability and good separation performance. Even after four filtration cycles of oil-water emulsion, the rejection rate maintained higher than 97%, showing good reusability. Furthermore, the study found that N1F20 had certain acid and alkaline resistance and great potential for engineering applications.
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SEPARATION AND PURIFICATION TECHNOLOGY
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2023
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Qian Wang,Xue Zhu,Xinglin Li,Lin Chen,Hengyang Mao,Xiaoshan Meng,Taoli Huhe,Zhengzhong Zhou
Membrane separation technology with high separation efficiency and low energy consumption are one of the keys to tackle the water-energy crisis. However, membrane fouling can reduce membrane life and performance, limiting its application. In this work, hydrophilic modifier sodium lignosulphonate (SLS) and antibacterial agent CuCl 2 were adopted as additives to modify PVDF membranes. The addition of SLS can optimize the structure of PVDF membranes and increase hydrophilicity, enhancing separation and anti-fouling performance. Moreover, the SLS can fix Cu 2+ effectively onto the membrane for improved antibacterial performance, as the leakage of Cu 2+ is reduced greatly, compared to Cu-PVDF membranes without SLS. The simulation based on density functional theory proved that the binding energy of SLS and Cu 2+ is 2.7 times of that of PVDF and Cu 2+ . Finally, the prepared anti-fouling Cu-SLS/PVDF membrane was applied in the separation of simulated Escherichia coli fermentation broth, exhibiting long-term antibacterial and anti-fouling property. This work provides a new idea for the preparation of long-term anti-fouling and antibacterial membrane, and has good potential in the recovery of fermentation broth.
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生物学
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APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE
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2018
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Zhang Ganwei,Bai Renbi,Shen Shusu,Zhou Xiaoji,Guo Yongfu
Bifunctional copolymers bearing hydrophilic units and photo-crosslinkable units were prepared and employed to coat PVDF membranes and thus improve their antifouling properties and coating stability. A series of methoxy poly(ethylene glycol)- block -poly(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate) (mPEG- b -PHEMA) diblock copolymers were prepared via the atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) of 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate (HEMA) using different mPEG macroinitiators, and then reacted with cinnamoyl chloride to obtain methoxy poly(ethylene glycol)- block -poly(2-cinnamoyloxyethyl methacrylate) (mPEG- b -PCEMA). Coating PVDF microfilter membranes with mPEG- b -PCEMA and subsequently photo-crosslinking the PCEMA block yielded crosslinked copolymer coatings. The successful preparation of these coatings was confirmed by SEM, TGA, ATR-FTIR and XPS characterization. The hydrophilicity of the membrane increased along with the amount of diblock copolymer coating on the coated PVDF membrane. Based on the results of BSA adsorption and filtration experiments, the antifouling properties of the coated PVDF membrane remarkably improved. Furthermore, the mPEG block chain length and its content in the diblock copolymer had a significant effect on the surface properties of the coated PVDF membrane. More importantly, the copolymer coatings were very stable thanks to the crosslinking of the PCEMA chains of the diblock copolymer.
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CHEMICAL ENGINEERING SCIENCE
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2022
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IF 4.889
Shusu Shen,Yang Shen,Yi Wu,Honglin Li,Chang Sun,Ganwei Zhang,Yongfu Guo
UiO-66-NH 2 is a well-known metal organic framework with high porosity and surface area, and there are modifiable reactive amino groups in its structure, it has been applied in membrane modifications. A novel composite membrane (U1gFx) is successfully prepared by depositing UiO-66-NH 2 onto polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) membrane, and subsequently grafting with perfluoroalkyl polyethoxy acetic acid (FPEOAA). The water contact angle of the modified membrane declines from 124.27° to 71.05°, and the under-water oil contact angle increases from 86.03° to 149.45°, indicating a good hydrophilic and oleophobic change. The modified membranes show enlarged porosity and water flux due to the introduction of UiO-66-NH 2 . The optimum membrane (U1gF10) shows excellent separation performance for various oil/water emulsions, including n -hexadecane, petroleum ether, dichloromethane and soybean oil. > 95 % oil rejection and up to 8081.9 L·m −2 ·h −1 of permeation flux are achieved under the vacuum filtration mode (0.085 MPa). While treating the n -hexadecane/water emulsion, all membranes show > 99 % oil rejection in six filtration cycles. Under a dead-end filtration mode, membrane U1gF10 gives a high relative flux recovery rate at 93 % under 0.1 MPa, its pure water flux still keeps as highly as 982.5 L·m −2 ·h −1 , even after three filtration cycles, indicating a good antifouling property and great engineering application potential.
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COLLOIDS AND SURFACES A-PHYSICOCHEMICAL AND ENGINEERING ASPECTS
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2020
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IF 3.99
Rui Zhang,Yu Li,Youfeng Cai,Qiong Han,Tongqing Zhang,Yi Liu,Kunling Zeng,Chen Zhao
Silver-phosphate/graphene oxide/APTES (Ag 3 PO 4 /GO/APTES) composite materials modified by 3-aminopropyltriethoxysilane (APTES) were incorporated into polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) membrane to obtain light catalytic membrane. The structure and morphology of Ag 3 PO 4 /GO/APTES were characterized by Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR), X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and thermogravimetric analyzer (TGA). Next, the morphology structure and roughness of Ag 3 PO 4 /GO/APTES/PVDF membrane were studied using SEM and Atomic force microscopy (AFM). The hydrophilicity and water flux of blended membranes were enhanced by the presence of a large number of hydrophilic groups on the surfaces of GO and APTES. Using Bovine serum albumin (BSA) solution as a pollution model, the multi-cycle anti-organic pollution ability of composite membranes was explored, and the anti-pollution performance was improved. The results showed that with the increase of Ag 3 PO 4 /GO/APTES content in the composite membrane, the rejection rate of dyes increases significantly. The enhanced photocatalytic degradation can be attributed to the presence of RGO which facilitates electron mediation and shuttle. This work provide a method for the efficient removal of dyes from wastewater.
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Journal of Inorganic and Organometallic Polymers and Materials
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2019
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Zhang Rui,Zhu Xuyang,Liu Yi,Cai Youfeng,Han Qiong,Zhang Tongqing,Li Yu
In this work, the versatile filler (HNTs) consisted of a halloysite nanotube as skeleton and intermediate magnetic nanoparticles coating poly(dopamine + 3-aminopropyltriethoxysilane) derivate layer were prepared. PVDF membranes were then manufactured by incorporating a series of ratios of HNTs. The Fourier-transform infrared (FT-IR), X-ray diffraction (XRD), thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) and transmission electron microscope (TEM) results proved that the modified materials were successfully achieved. The morphologies of membranes were characterized by scanning electron microscope (SEM) and atom force microscope (AFM). Meanwhile the PVDF hybrid membranes exhibited a stronger hydrophilicity (contact angle is 53°), higher bovine serum albumin (BSA) rejection (99%) than pure membrane (87°and 54%), and hybrid membranes maintain a higher flux recovery rate (FRR) that attains 85.3% after two cycles. Besides, the composite membrane showed a good removal rate (97.2%) of methylene blue. According to above experimental parameters, the 6% (based on PVDF mass) HNTs composite membrane was defined as the experimental optimal selection, and it could provide a promising candidate for methylene blue solution separation.
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纳米技术
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NEW JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY
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2020
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IF 3.288
Junda Wu,Atian Xie,Jin Yang,Jiangdong Dai,Chunxiang Li,Yongsheng Yan,Jiuyun Cui
In order to solve urgent environmental problems caused by oil spills, it is meaningful and necessary to develop novel materials or techniques for efficient oil/water separation. Here, a new polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF)-based composite membrane was successfully fabricated via a layer-by-layer self-assembly process, where the active sites were provided by pDA for the CaCO3 growth. Importantly, the CaCO3 structure could be regulated by the concentration of the precursor solution, showing the high flexibility of preparation. The as-prepared PVDF@pDA@CaCO3 membrane possessed superhydrophilic/underwater superoleophobic property and superior anti-fouling ability. In addition, the optimal PVDF@pDA@CaCO3-2 membrane showed a high permeation flux only under gravity, and the separation efficiency was as high as 99%. With the merits of low-cost and great separation performance, the as-prepared PVDF@pDA@CaCO3 membrane exhibited great potential in practical industrial applications for highly efficient oil/water emulsion separation.
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COLLOIDS AND SURFACES A-PHYSICOCHEMICAL AND ENGINEERING ASPECTS
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2025
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IF 5.4
Zhengang Bu,Jianhua Li,Siqi Fang,Yuanlin Zhan,Wenzhuo He,Yibin Huang
The uniform and stable deposition of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) onto membranes without compromising their performance presents a significant challenge. This study reports the fabrication of a photocatalytic self-cleaning membrane using hydrothermal and photochemical substitution methods. These methods enabled the uniform and stable deposition of β-FeOOH nanorods, m-MIL-100(Fe), and Ag nanoparticles (NPs) not only on the members surface but also throughout the interior of polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) membrane pores. The synergistic effect of these materials and their uniform and stable distribution within the PVDF membrane resulted in superior photocatalytic efficacy. The membrane's excellent photocatalytic performance facilitated the degradation of most pollutants, ensuring prolonged usage. Unlike other photocatalytic membranes requiring additional cocatalysts, our membrane degraded over 90% of various dyes without H 2 O 2 , demonstrating a greener usage mode and higher photocatalytic efficiency. The valence band (VB) and conduction band (CB) of β-FeOOH nanorods and m-MIL-100(Fe) were calculated, confirming the existence of a type-II heterojunction for the first time. Free radical trapping experiments identified hydroxyl radicals (·OH) as the primary reactive species in the degradation process. This research provides a novel approach to uniformly and stably load MOFs on membranes, enhancing their properties and offering insights into fabricating multifunctional photocatalytic membranes.
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化学工程
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Membranes
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2025
·Vol. 15
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IF 3.6
Liangku Zhai,Jiuyun Cui,Lei Lu,Hailong Wang,Can Wei,Jirong Luo,Atian Xie
The simple preparation of superhydrophilic membranes with good stability is of great significance for efficient oil–water separation. In this work, a polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) membrane modified with tannic acid (TA) and pectin (PT) was developed through immersion in TA/PT solutions, facilitating the formation of complexes via co-deposition. The optimized PVDF@TA/PT3 membrane exhibited superhydrophilicity/superoleophobicity. The membrane achieved remarkable separation efficiencies exceeding 98.3% and fluxes ranging from 71.3 to 156.3 L m −2 h −1 for various oil–water emulsions under gravity-driven conditions. Notably, the membrane maintained exceptional durability through 10 separation cycles, retaining about 98% efficiency while exhibiting strong antifouling properties. Excellent separation performance coupled with facile fabrication protocol and chemical stability of the membrane, position the PVDF@TA/PT membrane as a technologically viable candidate for wastewater purification.
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