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Fabrication and Characterization of Sulfonated Graphene Oxide (SGO) Doped PVDF Nanocomposite Membranes with Improved Anti-Biofouling Performance
Emergence of membrane technology for effective performance is qualified due to its low energy consumption, no use of chemicals, high removal capacity and easy accessibility of membrane material. The hydrophobic nature of polymeric membranes limits their applications due to biofouling (assemblage of...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8540047/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34677515 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/membranes11100749 |
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author | Zahid, Muhammad Khalid, Tayyaba Rehan, Zulfiqar Ahmad Javed, Talha Akram, Saba Rashid, Anum Mustafa, Syed Khalid Shabbir, Rubab Mora-Poblete, Freddy Asad, Muhammad Shoaib Liaquat, Rida Hassan, Mohamed M. Amin, Mohammed A. Shakoor, Hafiz Abdul |
author_facet | Zahid, Muhammad Khalid, Tayyaba Rehan, Zulfiqar Ahmad Javed, Talha Akram, Saba Rashid, Anum Mustafa, Syed Khalid Shabbir, Rubab Mora-Poblete, Freddy Asad, Muhammad Shoaib Liaquat, Rida Hassan, Mohamed M. Amin, Mohammed A. Shakoor, Hafiz Abdul |
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description | Emergence of membrane technology for effective performance is qualified due to its low energy consumption, no use of chemicals, high removal capacity and easy accessibility of membrane material. The hydrophobic nature of polymeric membranes limits their applications due to biofouling (assemblage of microorganisms on surface of membrane). Polymeric nanocomposite membranes emerge to alleviate this issue. The current research work was concerned with the fabrication of sulfonated graphene oxide doped polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) membrane and investigation of its anti-biofouling and anti-bacterial behavior. The membrane was fabricated through phase inversion method, and its structure and morphology were characterized by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X-rays diffraction (XRD) and thermo gravimetric analysis (TGA) techniques. Performance of the membrane was evaluated via pure water flux; anti-biofouling behavior was determined through Bovine Serum albumin (BSA) rejection. Our results revealed that the highest water flux was shown by M7 membrane about 308.7 Lm(−2)h(−1)/bar having (0.5%) concentration of SGO with improved BSA rejection. Furthermore, these fabricated membranes showed high antibacterial activity, more hydrophilicity and mechanical strength as compared to pristine PVDF membranes. It was concluded that SGO addition within PVDF polymer matrix enhanced the properties and performance of membranes. Therefore, SGO was found to be a promising material for the fabrication of nanocomposite membranes. |
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spelling | pubmed-85400472021-10-24 Fabrication and Characterization of Sulfonated Graphene Oxide (SGO) Doped PVDF Nanocomposite Membranes with Improved Anti-Biofouling Performance Zahid, Muhammad Khalid, Tayyaba Rehan, Zulfiqar Ahmad Javed, Talha Akram, Saba Rashid, Anum Mustafa, Syed Khalid Shabbir, Rubab Mora-Poblete, Freddy Asad, Muhammad Shoaib Liaquat, Rida Hassan, Mohamed M. Amin, Mohammed A. Shakoor, Hafiz Abdul Membranes (Basel) Article Emergence of membrane technology for effective performance is qualified due to its low energy consumption, no use of chemicals, high removal capacity and easy accessibility of membrane material. The hydrophobic nature of polymeric membranes limits their applications due to biofouling (assemblage of microorganisms on surface of membrane). Polymeric nanocomposite membranes emerge to alleviate this issue. The current research work was concerned with the fabrication of sulfonated graphene oxide doped polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) membrane and investigation of its anti-biofouling and anti-bacterial behavior. The membrane was fabricated through phase inversion method, and its structure and morphology were characterized by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X-rays diffraction (XRD) and thermo gravimetric analysis (TGA) techniques. Performance of the membrane was evaluated via pure water flux; anti-biofouling behavior was determined through Bovine Serum albumin (BSA) rejection. Our results revealed that the highest water flux was shown by M7 membrane about 308.7 Lm(−2)h(−1)/bar having (0.5%) concentration of SGO with improved BSA rejection. Furthermore, these fabricated membranes showed high antibacterial activity, more hydrophilicity and mechanical strength as compared to pristine PVDF membranes. It was concluded that SGO addition within PVDF polymer matrix enhanced the properties and performance of membranes. Therefore, SGO was found to be a promising material for the fabrication of nanocomposite membranes. MDPI 2021-09-29 /pmc/articles/PMC8540047/ /pubmed/34677515 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/membranes11100749 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Zahid, Muhammad Khalid, Tayyaba Rehan, Zulfiqar Ahmad Javed, Talha Akram, Saba Rashid, Anum Mustafa, Syed Khalid Shabbir, Rubab Mora-Poblete, Freddy Asad, Muhammad Shoaib Liaquat, Rida Hassan, Mohamed M. Amin, Mohammed A. Shakoor, Hafiz Abdul Fabrication and Characterization of Sulfonated Graphene Oxide (SGO) Doped PVDF Nanocomposite Membranes with Improved Anti-Biofouling Performance |
title | Fabrication and Characterization of Sulfonated Graphene Oxide (SGO) Doped PVDF Nanocomposite Membranes with Improved Anti-Biofouling Performance |
title_full | Fabrication and Characterization of Sulfonated Graphene Oxide (SGO) Doped PVDF Nanocomposite Membranes with Improved Anti-Biofouling Performance |
title_fullStr | Fabrication and Characterization of Sulfonated Graphene Oxide (SGO) Doped PVDF Nanocomposite Membranes with Improved Anti-Biofouling Performance |
title_full_unstemmed | Fabrication and Characterization of Sulfonated Graphene Oxide (SGO) Doped PVDF Nanocomposite Membranes with Improved Anti-Biofouling Performance |
title_short | Fabrication and Characterization of Sulfonated Graphene Oxide (SGO) Doped PVDF Nanocomposite Membranes with Improved Anti-Biofouling Performance |
title_sort | fabrication and characterization of sulfonated graphene oxide (sgo) doped pvdf nanocomposite membranes with improved anti-biofouling performance |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8540047/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34677515 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/membranes11100749 |
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