Fabrication of Nanoporous Alumina Ultrafiltration Membrane with Tunable Pore Size Using Block Copolymer Templates
Abstract
Control over nanopore size and 3D structure is necessary to advance membrane performance in ubiquitous separation devices. Here, inorganic nanoporous membranes are fabricated by combining the assembly of cylinder‐forming poly(styrene‐ block ‐methyl methacrylate) (PS‐ b ‐PMMA) block copolymer and sequential infiltration synthesis (SIS). A key advance relates to the use of PMMA majority block copolymer films and the optimization of thermal annealing temperature and substrate chemistry to achieve through‐film vertical PS cylinders. The resulting morphology allows for direct fabrication of nanoporous AlO x by selective growth of Al 2 O 3 in the PMMA matrix during the SIS process, followed by polymer removal using oxygen plasma. Control over the pore diameter is achieved by varying the number of Al 2 O 3 growth cycles, leading to pore size reduction from 21 to 16 nm. 3D characterization, using scanning transmission electron microscopy tomography, reveals that the AlO x channels are continuous through the film and have a gradual increase in pore size with depth. Finally, the ultrafiltration performance of the fabricated AlO x membrane for protein separation as a function of protein size and charge is demonstrated.
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- Institute for Molecular Engineering The University of Chicago 5801 South Ellis Avenue Chicago IL 60637 USA
- Department of Chemical Engineering Technion – Israel Institute of Technology Haifa 32000 Israel
- Department of Chemical Engineering Yildiz Technical University 34210 Esenler Istanbul Turkey
- Institute for Molecular Engineering Material Science Division Argonne National Laboratory 9700 S. Cass Avenue Argonne IL 60439 USA
- MOE Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Synthesis and Functionalization Department of Polymer Science and Engineering Zhejiang University Hangzhou 310027 China
- Institute for Molecular Engineering The University of Chicago 5801 South Ellis Avenue Chicago IL 60637 USA, Institute for Molecular Engineering Material Science Division Argonne National Laboratory 9700 S. Cass Avenue Argonne IL 60439 USA
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- Journal Name:
- Advanced Functional Materials
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Name: Advanced Functional Materials Journal Volume: 27 Journal Issue: 34; Journal ID: ISSN 1616-301X
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- Wiley Blackwell (John Wiley & Sons)
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- Germany
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- English
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Zhou, Chun, Segal‐Peretz, Tamar, Oruc, Muhammed Enes, Suh, Hyo Seon, Wu, Guangpeng, and Nealey, Paul F. Fabrication of Nanoporous Alumina Ultrafiltration Membrane with Tunable Pore Size Using Block Copolymer Templates. Germany: N. p., 2017.
Web. doi:10.1002/adfm.201701756.
Zhou, Chun, Segal‐Peretz, Tamar, Oruc, Muhammed Enes, Suh, Hyo Seon, Wu, Guangpeng, & Nealey, Paul F. Fabrication of Nanoporous Alumina Ultrafiltration Membrane with Tunable Pore Size Using Block Copolymer Templates. Germany. https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.201701756
Zhou, Chun, Segal‐Peretz, Tamar, Oruc, Muhammed Enes, Suh, Hyo Seon, Wu, Guangpeng, and Nealey, Paul F. Mon .
"Fabrication of Nanoporous Alumina Ultrafiltration Membrane with Tunable Pore Size Using Block Copolymer Templates". Germany. https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.201701756.
@article{osti_1389145,
title = {Fabrication of Nanoporous Alumina Ultrafiltration Membrane with Tunable Pore Size Using Block Copolymer Templates},
author = {Zhou, Chun and Segal‐Peretz, Tamar and Oruc, Muhammed Enes and Suh, Hyo Seon and Wu, Guangpeng and Nealey, Paul F.},
abstractNote = {Control over nanopore size and 3D structure is necessary to advance membrane performance in ubiquitous separation devices. Here, inorganic nanoporous membranes are fabricated by combining the assembly of cylinder‐forming poly(styrene‐ block ‐methyl methacrylate) (PS‐ b ‐PMMA) block copolymer and sequential infiltration synthesis (SIS). A key advance relates to the use of PMMA majority block copolymer films and the optimization of thermal annealing temperature and substrate chemistry to achieve through‐film vertical PS cylinders. The resulting morphology allows for direct fabrication of nanoporous AlO x by selective growth of Al 2 O 3 in the PMMA matrix during the SIS process, followed by polymer removal using oxygen plasma. Control over the pore diameter is achieved by varying the number of Al 2 O 3 growth cycles, leading to pore size reduction from 21 to 16 nm. 3D characterization, using scanning transmission electron microscopy tomography, reveals that the AlO x channels are continuous through the film and have a gradual increase in pore size with depth. Finally, the ultrafiltration performance of the fabricated AlO x membrane for protein separation as a function of protein size and charge is demonstrated.},
doi = {10.1002/adfm.201701756},
journal = {Advanced Functional Materials},
number = 34,
volume = 27,
place = {Germany},
year = {Mon Jul 24 00:00:00 EDT 2017},
month = {Mon Jul 24 00:00:00 EDT 2017}
}
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