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Interfacially polymerized thin-film composite membrane on UV-induced surface hydrophilic-modified polypropylene support for nanofiltration

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A novel thin-film composite (TFC) nanofiltration membrane was prepared through interfacial polymerization on surface hydrophilic-modified polypropylene (PP) membrane. Firstly, PP membranes were hydrophilized to ensure the formation of separation layer on it by interfacial polymerization. In this work, the UV-induced grafting of acrylic acid (AAc) was applied to modify the surface of PP membranes. Secondly, the TFC membranes were fabricated on PP membranes with different grafting degrees of AAc via interfacial polymerization. Effects of the UV-induced graft polymerization conditions, such as benzophenone concentration, monomer concentration and UV irradiation time, were systematically investigated. The surface-modified PP membranes and the TFC membranes were characterized with water contact angle measurement, attenuated total reflectance infrared and scanning electron microscopy. Furthermore, the permeation experiments were employed to evaluate the membranes’ nanofiltration performance.

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The project is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (5114304), the Opening Project of State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering (CRE-2012-C-206) and the Central University of basic scientific research project of BUCT (ZZ1112).

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  1. Key Laboratory of Carbon Fiber and Functional Polymers, Ministry of Education, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, 100029, China

    Kai Pan, Hongxia Gu & Bing Cao

  2. College of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, 100029, China

    Kai Pan, Hongxia Gu & Bing Cao

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Pan, K., Gu, H. & Cao, B. Interfacially polymerized thin-film composite membrane on UV-induced surface hydrophilic-modified polypropylene support for nanofiltration. Polym. Bull. 71, 415–431 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00289-013-1068-z

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