Citation: Jing-Jing Wu, Jin Zhou, Jing-Qiu Rong, Yao Lu, Hui Dong, Hai-Yin Yu, Jia-Shan Gu. Grafting Branch Length and Density Dependent Performance of Zwitterionic Polymer Decorated Polypropylene Membrane[J]. Chinese Journal of Polymer Science, ;2018, 36(4): 528-535. doi: 10.1007/s10118-018-2013-2 shu

Grafting Branch Length and Density Dependent Performance of Zwitterionic Polymer Decorated Polypropylene Membrane

Jing-Jing Wu ^a ,
Jin Zhou ^a,b,, ,
Jing-Qiu Rong ^a ,
Yao Lu ^a ,
Hui Dong ^a ,
Hai-Yin Yu ^a,, ,
Jia-Shan Gu ^a

a.
College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu 241000, China
b.
Department of Material and Chemical Engineering, Chizhou University, Chizhou 247000, China

Corresponding author: Jin Zhou, zhoujin_ah@163.com Hai-Yin Yu, yhy456@mail.ahnu.edu.cn
Received Date: 26 May 2017
Accepted Date: 15 July 2017
Available Online: 30 October 2017

Branch length and density have critical effects on membrane performances; however, it is regarded to be traditionally difficult to investigate the relationship due to the uncontrolled membrane modification methods. In this study, zwitterionic polymer with controlled grafting branch chain length (degree of polymerization) and grafting density (grafting chains per membrane area) was tethered to the microporous polypropylene membrane surface based on the combination of reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) polymerization technique with click reaction. The modified membranes were tested by filtrating protein dispersion to highlight the correlations of branch chain length and grafting density with the membrane permeation performances. The pure water flux, the flux recovery ratio are positively and significantly, and the irreversible fouling negatively and significantly correlated with grafting density. These results demonstrate that the larger the coverage of the membrane with poly{[2-(methacryloyloxy)ethyl]-dimethyl-(3-sulfopropyl) ammonium hydroxide} (PMEDSAH), the higher the pure water flux and the higher the flux recover ratio, and the lower the irreversible fouling, which shows that high grafting density is favorable to fouling reducing.
- Grafting branch length,
- Grafting density,
- Polypropylene membrane,
- Protein fouling,
- Zwitterionic polymer
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