Development of a hydrophilic PES ultrafiltration membrane containing SiO2@N-Halamine nanoparticles with both organic antifouling and antibacterial properties

CATEGORY: ULTRAFILTRATION
Desalination, Volume 326, 1 October 2013, Pages 69–76
Development of a hydrophilic PES ultrafiltration membrane containing SiO2@N-Halamine nanoparticles with both organic antifouling and antibacterial properties
Haoxia Yu, Xiaofei Zhang, Yatao Zhang, Jindun Liu, Haoqin Zhang, ,
Abstract
Researchers prepared SiO₂@N-Halamine/polyethersulfone (PES) ultrafiltration membranes using the phase inversion method. They studied the morphology, hydrophilicity, permeation performance, porosity, antifouling and antibacterial properties of the membrane. SEM images revealed that the cross-section morphology of the membrane was influenced by the introduction of SiO₂@N-Halamine. The surface hydrophilicity of membranes was significantly improved after adding SiO₂@N-Halamine. The filtration results suggested that the permeation properties of the hybrid membranes were significantly superior to the pure PES membrane.
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