Characterization of temperature-sensitive membranes prepared from poly(vinylidene fluoride)-graft-poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) copolymers obtained by atom transfer radical polymerization
Characterization of temperature-sensitive membranes prepared from poly(vinylidene fluoride)-graft-poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) copolymers obtained by atom transfer radical polymerization
Xian-Kai LIN, Xia FENG, Li CHEN(), Yi-Ping ZHAO
State Key Laboratory of Hollow Fiber Membrane Materials and Processes, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin Polytechnic University, Tianjin 300160, China
In this paper, poly(vinylidene fluoride)-graft-poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (PVDF-g-PNIPAAm) copolymers were synthesized directly via grafting temperature-sensitive material NIPAAm on PVDF by atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP). The chemical structure of the graft copolymers was characterized by Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) and 1H-NMR spectroscopy. The temperature-sensitive membranes were prepared from the PVDF-g-PNIPAAm copolymers by the immersion precipitation process of the phase inversion method. The chemical composition and pore structure of the PVDF-g-PNIPAAm membranes were studied by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and an automatic mercury porosimeter, respectively. The effects of temperature on pure water flux and bovine serum albumen (BSA) rejection ratio of the membranes were also investigated. The results showed that the grafted PNIPAAm chains tended to enrich on the surfaces of the membranes or the membrane pores during the membrane-forming process. Pore diameter and porosity of the copolymer membranes were larger than those of the pristine PVDF membranes. Also, the PVDF-g-PNIPAAm membranes could exhibit temperature-sensitive performance in water flux and BSA rejection measurements.
. Characterization of temperature-sensitive membranes prepared from poly(vinylidene fluoride)-graft-poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) copolymers obtained by atom transfer radical polymerization[J]. Frontiers of Materials Science in China, 2010, 4(4): 345-352.
Xian-Kai LIN, Xia FENG, Li CHEN, Yi-Ping ZHAO. Characterization of temperature-sensitive membranes prepared from poly(vinylidene fluoride)-graft-poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) copolymers obtained by atom transfer radical polymerization. Front Mater Sci Chin, 2010, 4(4): 345-352.
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