Thermoresponsive antifouling ultrafiltration membranes from mesophase templating

Saadat, Younes; Tabatabaei, Seyed Mostafa; Kim, Kyungtae; Foudazi, Reza

doi:10.1016/j.memsci.2023.121861

Thermoresponsive antifouling ultrafiltration membranes from mesophase templating

Journal Article · Sun Jun 18 00:00:00 EDT 2023 · Journal of Membrane Science

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2023.121861· OSTI ID:1987399

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Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK (United States)
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

Nanostructured polymers synthesized by lyotropic liquid crystal (LLC) templates with normal hexagonal (H₁) structure exhibit a 3D-continuous transport path, which makes them ideal for membrane separation application. Incorporating additional functionality, especially stimuli-responsiveness, in such an ordered structure provides even more application opportunities. Here, in this work, we present the first successful synthesis of H₁-structured thermoresponsive ultrafiltration (UF) membranes via LLC templating. The membrane contains thermoresponsive Pluronic P84 diacrylate (P84DA) which not only acts as the monomer and structure-directing amphiphile, but also enables the pore size change with temperature. Experimental studies reveal that the swelling capacity of H₁-templated polymer as well as permeability and selectivity of the obtained membrane can be altered by changing the temperature. Increasing the temperature from 25 to 45 °C increases the normalized flux from 28 to 68 L m^-2 h^-1 μm and molecular weight cut-off (MWCO) from 2200 to 3900 Da. Furthermore, the membrane shows an outstanding fouling resistance against different solutes.

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Research Organization:: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Scientific User Facilities (SUF); National Science Foundation (NSF)

Grant/Contract Number:: 89233218CNA000001

OSTI ID:: 1987399

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1987436

Report Number(s):: LA-UR-23-22791

Journal Information:: Journal of Membrane Science, Journal Name: Journal of Membrane Science Vol. 684; ISSN 0376-7388

Publisher:: ElsevierCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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