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The role of ionic strength and odd–even effects on the properties of polyelectrolyte multilayer nanofiltration membranes

CATEGORY: NANOFILTRATION
The role of ionic strength and odd–even effects on the properties of polyelectrolyte multilayer nanofiltration membranes


Type
Journal Article
Author
Joris de Grooth
Author
Radek Oborný
URL
Volume
475
Pages
311-319
Publication
Journal of Membrane Science
Date
February 1, 2015
Abstract
Modification of membranes by polyelectrolytes via the Layer-by-Layer technique shows promise as a means to produce nanofiltration membranes. Researchers fabricated such membranes by alternatively coating a polycation (poly(diallyldimethylammonium chloride) (PDADAMAC)) and a polyanion (poly(styrene sulfonate) (PSS)) on a porous support.
Depending on the coating conditions, hollow fiber membranes with rejections of up to 71% NaCl and 96% Na2SO4 were obtained. Research results also revealed that the final membrane properties can be easily controlled by variation of the ionic strength of the coating solution, the number of layers and the choice of terminating polyelectrolyte layer.

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