Antifouling and flux enhancement of reverse osmosis membrane by grafting poly (3-sulfopropyl methacrylate) brushes

Reema Mushtaq; Muhammad Asad Abbas; Shehla Mushtaq; Nasir M. Ahmad; Niaz Ali Khan; Asad U. Khan; Wu Hong; Rehan Sadiq; Zhongyi Jiang

doi:10.3390/membranes11030213

Antifouling and flux enhancement of reverse osmosis membrane by grafting poly (3-sulfopropyl methacrylate) brushes

Reema Mushtaq
, Muhammad Asad Abbas
, Shehla Mushtaq
, Nasir M. Ahmad^*
, Niaz Ali Khan
, Asad U. Khan
, Wu Hong
, Rehan Sadiq
, Zhongyi Jiang

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

A commercial thin film composite (TFC) polyamide (PA) reverse osmosis membrane was grafted with 3-sulfopropyl methacrylate potassium (SPMK) to produce PA-g-SPMK by atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP). The grafting of PA was done at varied concentrations of SPMK, and its effect on the surface composition and morphology was studied by Fourier-Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR), Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), optical profilometry, and contact angle analysis. The grafting of hydrophilic ionically charged PSPMK polymer brushes having acrylate and sulfonate groups resulted in enhanced hydrophilicity rendering a reduction of contact angle from 58° of pristine membrane sample labeled as MH0 to 10° for a modified membrane sample labeled as MH3. Due to the increased hydrophilicity, the flux rate rises from 57.1 L m^-2 h^-1 to 71.2

Original language	English
Article number	213
Journal	Membranes
Volume	11
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3390/membranes11030213
State	Published - Mar 2021
Externally published	Yes

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Keywords

ATRP
Antifouling
E. Coli
Grafting
PSMPK brushes
S. Aureus
TFC-PA RO membrane

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Chemical Engineering (miscellaneous)
Process Chemistry and Technology
Filtration and Separation

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