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Superhydrophilic anti-fouling electrospun cellulose acetate membranes coated with chitin nanocrystals for water filtration
Luleå University of Technology, Department of Engineering Sciences and Mathematics, Material Science.
Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Alcalá.
Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Alcalá.
Luleå University of Technology, Department of Engineering Sciences and Mathematics, Material Science.ORCID iD: 0000-0001-8909-3554
2016 (English)In: Journal of Membrane Science, ISSN 0376-7388, E-ISSN 1873-3123, Vol. 510, p. 238-248Article in journal (Refereed) Published
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Electrospun cellulose acetate (CA) random mats were prepared and surface coated with chitin nanocrystals (ChNC) to obtain water filtration membranes with tailored surface characteristics. Chitin nanocrystals self-assembled on the surface of CA fibers into homogenous nanostructured networks during drying that stabilized via hydrogen bonding and formed webbed film-structures at the junctions of the electrospun fibers. Coating of CA random mats using 5% chitin nanocrystals increased the strength by 131% and stiffness by 340% accompanied by a decrease in strain. The flux through these membranes was as high as 14217 L m−2 h−1 at 0.5 bar. The chitin nanocrystal surface coating significantly impacted the surface properties of the membranes, producing a superhydrophilic membrane (contact angle 0°) from the original hydrophobic CA mats (contact angle 132°). The coated membranes also showed significant reduction in biofouling and biofilm formation as well as demonstrated improved resistance to fouling with bovine serum albumin and humic acid fouling solutions. The current approach opens up an easy, environmental friendly and efficient route to produce highly hydrophilic membranes with high water flux and low fouling for microfiltration water purification process wash water from food industry for biological contaminants.

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2016. Vol. 510, p. 238-248
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Bio Materials
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Wood and Bionanocomposites
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URN: urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-5493DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2016.02.069ISI: 000375127300025Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-84960970681Local ID: 39c588e5-f1ed-42a5-97c4-bfe68a8b89f0OAI: oai:DiVA.org:ltu-5493DiVA, id: diva2:978367
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Validerad; 2016; Nivå 2; 20160303 (andbra)

Available from: 2016-09-29 Created: 2016-09-29 Last updated: 2018-07-10Bibliographically approved

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