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Poly(hydroxyamide) as support for thin-film composite membranes for water treatment

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Preparation of a porous support for a thin-film composite (TFC) membrane was achieved based on a highly aromatic poly(hydroxyamide) (PHA) formed from 5-hydroxyisophthalic acid and 4,4′-(hexafluoroisopropylidene)dianiline. PHA synthesis was confirmed by Fourier transform infrared and proton nuclear magnetic resonance (1H NMR) spectroscopies. PHA was soluble in N-methyl-2-pyrrolidinone (NMP), N,N-dimethylacetamide (DMAc), and tetrahydrofuran (THF) with Mw 6.1 × 104 Da. Moreover, PHA showed good thermal stability up to 390 °C. Parameters for an appropriated PHA porous structure support membrane by the phase-inversion method were determined. Porous PHA support offers higher thermal stability and better adhesion between support amide thin skin layer than the ones used actually. Water permeation flux was 543 L m−2 h−1 for PHA porous support, whereas thin-film composite membrane PHA-TFC formed presented a decrease in water permeation flux (2.5 L m−2 h−1) and a salt rejection capacity of 29% which situates it as a nanofiltration membrane.

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The authors are grateful for the financial support by CONACYT-FOMIX under the Grant number 108200. Marcial Yam‐Cervantes gratefully acknowledge financial support from CONACyT Grant 344563. The authors are thankful to Dr. Patricia Quintana and Dr. Emmanuel Hernández for 1H-NMR analysis from the National Laboratory of Nano and Biomaterials (LANNBIO). Partial funding from Grants FOMIX-Yucatán 2008-108160, CONACYT LAB-2009-01-123913 is acknowledged.

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  1. Unidad de Materiales, Centro de Investigación Científica de Yucatán, A.C., Calle 43 No. 130 x 32 y 34, Col. Chuburna de Hidalgo, C.P. 97205, Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico

    Marcial Yam-Cervantes, Ileana León-Campos, José Luis Santiago-García & Manuel Aguilar-Vega

  2. Departamento de Ciencias del Ambiente, Facultad de Química y Biología, Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Casilla 40, Correo 33, Santiago, Chile

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    Neyi Eloisa Estrella-Gómez

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Yam-Cervantes, M., León-Campos, I., Sánchez, J. et al. Poly(hydroxyamide) as support for thin-film composite membranes for water treatment. Polym. Bull. 76, 4613–4625 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00289-018-2619-0

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