scholarly journals Control of Nanostructured Polysulfone Membrane Preparation by Phase Inversion Method

Nanomaterials ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (12) ◽  
pp. 2349
Author(s):  
Cristina Bărdacă Urducea ◽  
Aurelia Cristina Nechifor ◽  
Ioana Alina Dimulescu ◽  
Ovidiu Oprea ◽  
Gheorghe Nechifor ◽  
...  

The preparation of membranes from polymer solutions by the phase inversion method, the immersion—precipitation technique has proved since the beginning of obtaining technological membranes the most versatile and simple possibility to create polymeric membrane nanostructures. Classically, the phase inversion technique involves four essential steps: Preparation of a polymer solution in the desired solvent, the formation of the polymer solution film on a flat support, the immersion of the film in a coagulation bath containing polymer solvents, and membrane conditioning. All phase inversion stages are important for the prepared membrane’s nanostructure and have been studied in detail for more than six decades. In this paper, we explored, through an electrochemical technique, the influence of the contact time with the polymer film’s environment until the introduction into the coagulation bath. The system chosen for membrane preparation is polysulfone-dimethylformamide-aqueous ethanol solution (PSf-DMF-EW). The obtained nanostructured membranes were characterized morphologically and structurally by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and thermal analysis (TA), and in terms of process performance through water permeation and bovine serum albumin retention (BSA). The membrane characteristics were correlated with the polymeric film exposure time to the environment until the contact with the coagulation bath, following the diagram of the electrochemical parameters provided by the electrochemical technique.

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 55-60
Author(s):  
Vivia Maulida Alfianti ◽  
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Munasir Munasir ◽  

Polysulfones are hydrophobic which can reduce membrane permeability. Permeability can be increased through the application of hydrophilic materials such as GO-Fe3O4 to the polysulfone membrane so that the membrane is hydrophilic. The riset purpose to determine the effect of the percentage weight of different material compositions on the hydrophilicity properties of the polysulfone membrane. Membrane fabrication is carried out using the phase inversion method where the polymer solution is molded in a place and immersed in a coagulation bath containing non-solvent. This solvent exchange causes the polymer to form a solid matrix and become a membrane. The results showed that GO particles were successfully doped with Fe3O4 material shown by XRD analysis at a peak of 35.61˚ with a magnetite phase, while FTIR analysis showed that there was an absorption band characteristic of Fe-O streching vibrations. The results of the contact angle test on the GO-Fe3O4/PSF membrane 0.75 wt per cent were around 73.17˚ which showed the smallest hydrophobic value and the membrane surface morphology had an average pore size of 333.61 nm so that the addition of GO-Fe3O4 composites could increase membrane hydrophilicity.


Materials ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (11) ◽  
pp. 2977
Author(s):  
Aleksandra Kuźmińska ◽  
Dominika Kwarta ◽  
Tomasz Ciach ◽  
Beata A. Butruk-Raszeja

This work presents a method of obtaining cylindrical polymer structures with a given diameter (approx. 5 mm) using the phase inversion technique. As part of the work, the influence of process parameters (polymer hardness, polymer solution concentration, the composition of the non-solvent solution, process time) on the scaffolds’ morphology was investigated. Additionally, the influence of the addition of porogen on the scaffold’s mechanical properties was analyzed. It has been shown that the use of a 20% polymer solution of medium hardness (ChronoFlex C45D) and carrying out the process for 24 h in 0:100 water/ethanol leads to the achievement of repeatable structures with adequate flexibility. Among the three types of porogens tested (NaCl, hexane, polyvinyl alcohol), the most favorable results were obtained for 10% polyvinyl alcohol (PVA). The addition of PVA increases the range of pore diameters and the value of the mean pore diameter (9.6 ± 3.2 vs. 15.2 ± 6.4) while reducing the elasticity of the structure (Young modulus = 3.6 ± 1.5 MPa vs. 9.7 ± 4.3 MPa).


Polymers ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (24) ◽  
pp. 4436
Author(s):  
Aulia Chintia Ambarita ◽  
Sri Mulyati ◽  
Nasrul Arahman ◽  
Muhammad Roil Bilad ◽  
Norazanita Shamsuddin ◽  
...  

Polyethersulfone (PES) is the most commonly used polymer for membrane ultrafiltration because of its superior properties. However, it is hydrophobic, as such susceptible to fouling and low permeation rate. This study proposes a novel bio-based additive of dragonbloodin resin (DBR) for improving the properties and performance of PES-based membranes. Four flat sheet membranes were prepared by varying the concentration of DBR (0–3%) in the dope solutions using the phase inversion method. After fabrication, the membranes were thoroughly characterized and were tested for filtration of humic acid solution to investigate the effect of DBR loading. Results showed that the hydrophilicity, porosity, and water uptake increased along with the DBR loadings. The presence of DBR in the dope solution fastened the phase inversion, leading to a more porous microstructure, resulted in membranes with higher number and larger pore sizes. Those properties led to more superior hydraulic performances. The PES membranes loaded with DBR reached a clean water flux of 246.79 L/(m2·h), 25-folds higher than the pristine PES membrane at a loading of 3%. The flux of humic acid solution reached 154.5 ± 6.6 L/(m2·h), 30-folds higher than the pristine PES membrane with a slight decrease in rejection (71% vs. 60%). Moreover, DBR loaded membranes (2% and 3%) showed an almost complete flux recovery ratio over five cleaning cycles, demonstrating their excellent antifouling property. The hydraulic performance could possibly be enhanced by leaching the entrapped DBR to create more voids and pores for water permeation.


2014 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 18-23
Author(s):  
Nasrul Arahman ◽  
Sri Aprilia ◽  
Teuku Maimun

In membrane preparation process via phase inversion method, the morphology of fabricated membranes are determined by composition and concentration of polymer, solvent, and non-solvent. The basic knowledge of the appropriate composition of those components are needed by cloud point experiment. In this work, the study on cloud point experiment have been done to investigate the solidification process of polymer system of polyethersulfone (PES) and 2-(methacryloyloxy) ethyl phosphoryl chloline (MPC) in N-methyl-2-pirrolidon (NMP) via phase inversion technique. Hydrofilik polymer MPC were used as a membrane modifying agent (MMA) in order to modify the surface property of fabricated membrane. In sum, addition of PVP and MPC into polymer solution brought about reducing amount of non-solvent necessary  to obtain the cloud point of solution.


2021 ◽  
Vol 328 ◽  
pp. 01010
Author(s):  
Wineke Angesti ◽  
M. Munasir

This research purpose to determine the material composition in the manufacture of polysulfone membranes by producing the best performance in the filtration application process. Polysulfone has good thermal and chemical stability properties that make it a candidate material in membrane manufacturing, but the hydrophobicity properties of polysulfone result in less than optimal membrane performance, so a blending process is needed to reduce hydrophobicity by maintaining the advantages of the membrane. The membrane was prepared using phase inversion with composite doping through the TEOS in situ hydrolysis method. The results of XRD identification showed that the diffraction pattern was successfully coated with silica with the amorphous phase, while the FTIR contained Si-O-Si bonds with a wave number of 1054 cm-1. The SEM surface morphology showed that the presence of silica and GO made the pore size larger with the pore size on the membrane 1,92 μm. The results of the contact angle test on the GO-SiO2/PSF variation of 0,8 obtained the lowest hydrophobicity value of 70,17°. The addition of composites will result in a larger pore size supported by the value of the contact angle, proving that the combination of the composite in polysulfone can increase the hydrophilicity of the membrane.


2013 ◽  
Vol 701 ◽  
pp. 319-322 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zawati Harun ◽  
Mohd Riduan Jamalludin ◽  
Muhamad Zaini Yunos ◽  
Muhamad Fikri Shohur ◽  
Ahmad Fauzi Ismail

This study investigates the effect of additive rice husk silica and Polyethylene glycol (PEG) on the performance of polysulfone (PSf) membrane. The membrane was prepared by phase inversion method using PSf, N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone (NMP) and rice husk silica was added as an additive. The performance of the membrane was analyzed by using distilled water for permeation test and humic acid for the rejection test. The result showed that the hydrophilic of PSf/PEG membrane has significantly improved the permeation and rejection performance with addition of rice husk silica. The results showed that with addition of 3% rice husk silica give the highest rejection flux at 196.63 L/m2hr with the rejection value 98%.


Author(s):  
Yuxin Pan ◽  
Kai Pei ◽  
Yucun Zhou ◽  
Tong Liu ◽  
Meilin Liu ◽  
...  

A straight, open and macro-porous Ni–BaZr0.1Ce0.7Y0.1Yb0.1O3 fuel electrode-supported protonic ceramic electrochemical cell has been fabricated by a modified phase-inversion method.


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