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Improved performance of polyamide nanofiltration membranes by incorporating reduced glutathione during interfacial polymerization

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Inspired by the specific amino acid sequence Asn-Pro-Ala (NPA) of water channel aquaporins (AQPs), we fabricated polyamide (PA) nanofiltration (NF) membranes by introducing reduced glutathione (GSH) in interfacial polymerization (IP) method. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (ATR-FTIR), X-ray photoelectron spectrometry (XPS), scanning electron microscope (SEM), atomic force microscopy (AFM), zeta potential and static water contact angle measurement were employed to characterize the chemical composition, morphology, electronegativity and hydrophilicity of the NF membranes. The water flux of GSH/PIP-TMC NF membrane reached 32.00 L m-2 h-1 at 0.2MPa, which was approximately twice than that of pristine PIP-TMC NF membrane when the ratio of GHS to piperazidine (PIP) was 40% during IP process. More water channels were built as GSH was embedded into PA layer. The fabricated NF membranes also took on potent rejection for dyes and Na2SO4. This study presents a simple and facile method to simulate water channels-based biological materials which may find potential application in water treatment.

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  1. Key Laboratory for Green Chemical Technology, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, China

    Zhiwei Jiao, Linjie Zhou, Mengyuan Wu, Kang Gao, Yanlei Su & Zhongyi Jiang

  2. Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin), Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, China

    Zhiwei Jiao, Linjie Zhou, Mengyuan Wu, Kang Gao, Yanlei Su & Zhongyi Jiang

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Jiao, Z., Zhou, L., Wu, M. et al. Improved performance of polyamide nanofiltration membranes by incorporating reduced glutathione during interfacial polymerization. Korean J. Chem. Eng. 35, 2487–2495 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11814-018-0153-2

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