Modification of nanofiltration membranes by surface-initiated atom transfer radical polymerization for produced water filtration

Separation Science and Technology (Philadelphia)

Volumn 44, Issue 14, 2009, Pages 3346-3368

  Tomer, Namrata ^a   Mondal, Subrata ^b   Wandera, Daniel ^a   Wickramasinghe, S Ranil ^b   Husson, Scott M ^a  

^a AMRL   (United States)

^b Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

ATRP; Membrane fouling; PNIPAAm; PPEGMA; Surface modification

Indexed keywords

ACRYLIC MONOMERS; AMIDES; COAL DEPOSITS; COMPOSITE MEMBRANES; FILTRATION; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; FREE RADICAL REACTIONS; GRAFTING (CHEMICAL); HYDROGELS; MEMBRANE FOULING; MEMBRANES; METHANE; MICROFILTRATION; NANOCOMPOSITE FILMS; NANOFILTRATION; NANOFILTRATION MEMBRANES; POLYMERIZATION; POLYMERS; SURFACE TREATMENT; WATER FILTRATION;

COMMERCIAL POLYAMIDE; MODIFIED MEMBRANES; N- ISOPROPYLACRYLAMIDE; PNIPAAM; POLY (N ISOPROPYLACRYLAMIDE); PPEGMA; SURFACE INITIATED-ATOM TRANSFER RADICAL POLYMERIZATION; TEMPERATURE-RESPONSIVE;

ATOM TRANSFER RADICAL POLYMERIZATION;

EID: 79953731210     PISSN: 01496395     EISSN: 15205754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01496390903212540     Document Type: Article

References (55)

1. Cakmakci, M.; Kayaalp, N.; Koyuncu, I. (2008) Desalination of produced water from oil production fields by membrane processes. Desalination, 222 (1-3): 176.
2. Benko, K.L.; Drewes, J.E. (2008) Produced water in the western United States: Geographical distribution, occurrence, and composition. Environ. Eng. Sci., 25 (2): 239.
3. Pimentel, P.M.; Anjos, M.J.; Melo, D.M.A.; Melo, M.A.E.; Goncalves, L.M.; Silva, C.N.; Lopes, R.T. (2008) Multi-elemental analysis of produced water by synchrotron radiation total reflection X-ray fluorescence. Talanta, 74 (5): 1231.
4. Mondal, S.; Wickramasinghe, S.R. (2008) Produced water treatment by nanofiltration and reverse osmosis membranes. J. Membr. Sci., 332 (1): 162.
5. Bacchin, P.; Aimar, P.; Field, R.W. (2006) Critical and sustainable fluxes: Theory, experiments and applications. J. Membr. Sci., 281: 42.
6. Espinasse, B.; Bacchin, P.; Aimar, P. (2008) Filtration method characterizing the reversibility of colloidal fouling layers at a membrane surface: Analysis through critical flux and osmotic pressure. J. Colloid Interf. Sci., 320 (2): 483.
7. Hua, H.L.; Li, N.; Wu, L.L.; Zhong, H.; Wu, G.X.; Yuan, Z.H.; Lin, X.W.; Tang, L.Y. (2008) Anti-fouling ultrafiltration membrane prepared from polysulfone-graft-methyl acrylate copolymers by UV-induced grafting method. J. Environ. Sci-China, 20 (5): 565.
8. Singh, N.; Wang, J.; Ulbricht, M.; Wickramasinghe, S.R.; Husson, S.M. (2008) Surface-initiated atom transfer radical polymerization: a new method for preparation of polymeric membrane adsorbers. J. Membr. Sci., 309: 64.
9. Singh, N.; Chen, Z.; Tomer, N.; Wickramasinghe, S.R.; Soice, N.; Husson, S.M. (2008) Modification of regenerated cellulose ultrafiltration membranes by surface-initiated atom transfer radical polymerization. J. Membr. Sci., 311: 225.
10. Bhut, B.V.; Wickramasinghe, S.R.; Husson, S.M. (2008) Preparation of high-capacity, weak anion-exchange membranes for protein separations using surface-initiated atom transfer radical polymerization. J. Membr. Sci., 325: 176.
11. Singh, N.; Husson, S.M.; Zdyrko, B.; Luzinov, I. (2005) Surface modification of microporous PVDF membranes by ATRP. J. Membr. Sci., 262: 81.
12. Balachandra, A.M.; Baker, G.L.; Bruening, M.L. (2003) Preparation of composite membranes by atom transfer radical polymerization initiated from a porous support. J. Membr. Sci., 227: 1.
13. Friebe, A.; Ulbricht, M. (2007) Controlled pore functionalization of poly(ethylene terephthalate) track-etched membranes via surface-initiated atom transfer radical polymerization. Langmuir, 23 (20): 10316.
14. Zhu, L.P.; Dong, H.B.X.; Wei, Z.; Yi, Z.; Zhu, B.K.; Xu, Y.Y. (2008) Tethering hydrophilic polymer brushes onto PPESK membranes via surface-initiated atom transfer radical polymerization. J. Membr. Sci., 320: 407.
15. Matyjaszewski, K., Xia, J. (2001) Atom transfer radical polymerization. Chem. Rev., 101: 2921.
16. Edmondson, S.; Osborne, V.L.; Huck, W.T.S. (2004) Polymer brushes via surface-initiated polymerizations. Chem. Soc. Rev., 33: 14.
17. Werne, T.V.; Patten, T.E. (2001) Atom transfer radical polymerization from nanoparticles: A tool for the preparation of well-defined hybrid nanostructures and for understanding the chemistry of controlled=‘‘living’’ radical polymerizations from surfaces. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 123: 7497.
18. Kim, J.B.; Bruening, M.L.; Baker, G.L. (2000) Surface-initiated atom transfer radical polymerization on gold at ambient temperature. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 122: 7616.
19. Matyjaszewski, K.; Miller, P.J.; Shukla, N.; Immaraporn, B.; Gelman, A.; Luokala, B.B.; Siclovan, T.M.; Kickelbick, G.; Vallant, T.; Hoffmann, H.; Pakula, T. (1999) Radical polymerization in the controlled growth of homopolymers and block copolymers from silicon surfaces in the absence of untethered sacrificial initiator. Macromolecules, 32: 8716.
20. Jayachandran, K.N.; Takacs-Cox, A.; Brooks, D.E. (2002) Synthesis and characterization of polymer brushes of poly(N,N-dimethylacrylamide) from polystyrene latex by aqueous atom transfer radical polymerization. Macromolecules, 35: 4247.
21. Wang, X.S.; Armes, S.P. (2000) Facile atom transfer radical polymerization of methoxy-capped oligo(ethylene glycol) methacrylate in aqueous media at ambient temperature. Macromolecules, 33: 6640.
22. Gopireddy, D.; Husson, S.M. (2002) Room temperature growth of surface-confined poly(acrylamide) from self-assembled monolayers using atom transfer radical polymerization. Macromolecules, 35: 4218.
23. Xiao, D.Q.; Wirth, M.J. (2002) Kinetics of surface-initiated atom transfer radical polymerization of acrylamide on silica. Macromolecules, 35: 2919.
24. Teodorescu, M.; Matyjaszewski, K. (1999) Atom transfer radical polymerization of (meth)acrylamides. Macromolecules, 32: 4826.
25. Rademacher, J.T.; Baum, R.; Pallack, M.E.; Brittain, W.J.; Simonsick, W.J. (2000) Atom transfer radical polymerization of N,N-dimethylacrylamide. Macromolecules, 33: 284.
26. Kizhakkedathu, J.N.; Brooks, D.E. (2003) Synthesis of poly(N,Ndimethylacrylamide) brushes from charged polymeric surfaces by aqueous ATRP: Effect of surface initiator concentration. Macromolecules, 36: 591.
27. Kizhakkedathu, J.N.; Goodman, D.; Brooks, D.E. (2003) Synthesis of poly(N,N-dimethylacrylamide) brushes from functionalized latex surfaces by aqueous atom transfer radical polymerization. In: Advances in Controlled= Living Polymerization; Matyjaszewski, K., ed.; ACS Books: Washington, D.C. Vol. 854; 316.
28. Kizhakkedathu, J.N.; Norris-Jones, R.; Brooks, D.E. (2004) Synthesis of well-defined environmentally responsive polymer brushes by aqueous ATRP. Macromolecules, 37: 734.
29. Heskins, M.; Guillet, J.E. (1968) Solution properties of poly(Nisopropylacrylamide). J. Macromol. Sci. Chem., A2: 1441.
30. Schild, H.G. (1992) Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide): experiment, theory and application. Prog. Polym. Sci., 17: 163.
31. Fujishige, S.; Kubota, K.; Ando, I. (1989) Phase transition of aqueous solutions of poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) and poly(N-isopropylmethacrylamide). J. Phys. Chem, 93: 3311.
32. Schild, H.G.; Tirrell, D.A. (1990) Microcalorimetric detection of lower critical solution temperatures in aqueous polymer solutions. J. Phys. Chem., 94: 4352.
33. Cho, E.C.; Lee, J.; Cho, K. (2003) Role of bound water and hydrophobic interaction in phase transition of poly(n-isopropylacrylamide) aqueous solution. Macromolecules, 36: 9929.
34. Louie, J.S.; Pinnau, I.; Ciobanu, I.; Ishida, K.P.; Ng, A.; Reinhard, M. (2006) Effects of polyether-polyamide block copolymer coating on performance and fouling of reverse osmosis membranes. J. Membr. Sci., 280: 762.
35. Kang, G.; Liu, M.; Lin, B.; Cao, Y.; Yuan, Q. (2007) A novel method of surface modification on thin-film composite reverse osmosis membrane by grafting poly(ethylene glycol). Polymer, 48: 1165.
36. Kaeselev, B.; Pieracci, J.; Belfort, G. (2001) Photoinduced grafting of ultrafiltration membranes: comparison of poly(ether sulfone) and poly(sulfone). J. Membr. Sci., 194: 245.
37. Kilduff, J.E.; Mattaraj, S.; Sensibaugh, J.; Pieracci, J.P.; Yuan, Y.X.; Belfort, G. (2002) Modeling flux decline during nanofiltration of NOM with poly(arylsulfone) membranes modified using UV-assisted graft polymerization. Environ. Eng. Sci., 19: 477.
38. Singh, N.; Cui, X.; Boland, T.; Husson, S.M. (2007) The role of independently variable grafting densities and layer thicknesses of polymer nanolayers on peptide adsorption and cell adhesion. Biomaterials, 28: 763.
39. Boussu, K.; Zhang, Y.; Cocquyt, J.; Van der Meeren, P.; Volodin, A.; Van Haesendonck, C.; Martens, J.A.; Van der Bruggen, B. (2006) Characterization of polymeric nanofiltration membranes for systematic analysis of membrane performance. J. Membr. Sci., 278: 418.
40. Kulkarni, A.; Mukherjee, D.; Gill, W.N. (1996) Flux enhancement by hydrophilization of thin film composite reverse osmosis membranes. J. Membr. Sci., 114: 39.
41. Lui, Y.; Klep, V.; Zdyrko, B.; Luzinov, I. (2004) Polymer grafting via ATRP initiated from macroinitiator synthesized on surface. Langmuir, 20: 6710.
42. Tu, H.; Heitzman, C.E.; Braun, P.V. (2004) Patterned poly(Nisopropylacrylamide) brushes on silica surfaces by microcontact printing followed by surface-initiated polymerization. Langmuir, 20: 8313.
43. Gordon, A.J.; Ford, R.A. (1972) The Chemists Companion: A Handbook of Practical Data, Techniques and References; Wiley: New York.
44. Younes, H.; Cohn, D. (1988) Phase separation in poly(ethylene glycol)= poly(lactic acid) blends. Eur. Polym. J., 24: 765.
45. Yoshida, W.; Cohen, Y. (2003) Topological AFM characterization of graft polymerized silica membranes. J. Membr. Sci., 215: 249.
46. Freger, V.; Gilron, J.; Belfer, S. (2002) TFC polyamide membranes modified by grafting of hydrophilic polymers: an FT-IR=AFM=TEM study. J. Membr. Sci., 209: 283.
47. Tanaguchi, M.; Pieracci, J.P.; Belfort, G. (2001) Effect of undulations on surface energy: A quantitative assessment. Langmuir, 17: 4312.
48. Li, X.; Wei, X.; Husson, S.M. (2004) Thermodynamic studies on the adsorption of fibronectin adhesion-promoting peptide on nanothin films of poly(2-vinylpyridine) by SPR. Biomacromolecules, 5: 869.
49. Mondal, S.; Wickramasinghe, S.R. (2008) Produced water treatment by nanofiltration and reverse osmosis membranes. J. Membr. Sci., 322: 162.
50. Yu, W.H.; Kang, E.T.; Neoh, K.G.; Zhu, S. (2003) Controlled grafting of well-defined polymers on hydrogen-terminated silicon substrates by surface-initiated atom transfer radical polymerization. J. Phys. Chem. B., 107: 10198.
51. Xie, R.; Chu, L.Y.; Chen, W.M.; Xiao, W.; Wang, H.D.; Qu, J.B. (2005) Characterization of microstructure of poly(N-isopropylacrylamide)-grafted polycarbonate track-etched membranes prepared by plasma-graft pore-filling polymerization. J. Membr. Sci., 258: 157.
52. Huang, W.X.; Kim, J.B.; Bruening, M.L.; Baker, G.L. (2002) Functionalization of surfaces by water-accelerated atom-transfer radical polymerization of hydroxyethyl methacrylate and subsequent derivatization. Macromolecules, 35 (4): 1175.
53. Masci, G.; Giacomelli, L.; Crescenzi, V. (2004) Atom transfer radical polymerization of N-isopropylacrylamide. Macromol. Rapid Commun., 25: 559.
54. Teodorescu, M.; Matyjaszewski, K. (2000) Controlled polymerization of (meth)acrylamides by atom transfer radical polymerization. Macromol. Rapid Commun., 21: 190.
55. Neugebauer, D.; Matyjaszewski, K. (2003) Copolymerization of N,Ndimethylacrylamide with n-butyl acrylate via atom transfer radical polymerization. Macromolecules, 36: 2598.