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ArticleJournal of visualized experiments : JoVE2017

Synthesis of Hydrogels with Antifouling Properties As Membranes for Water Purification.

Thien N Tran, Sankara N Ramanan, Haiqing Lin

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Article in Journal of visualized experiments : JoVE, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 31% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Thien N TranDepartment of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York at Buffalo.
Sankara N RamananDepartment of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York at Buffalo.
Haiqing LinDepartment of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York at Buffalo; haiqingl@buffalo.edu.
University at Buffalo, State University of New York · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hydrogels have been widely utilized to enhance the surface hydrophilicity of membranes for water purification, increasing the antifouling properties and thus achieving stable water permeability through membranes over time. Here, we report a facile method to prepare hydrogels based on zwitterions for membrane applications. Freestanding films can be prepared from sulfobetaine methacrylate (SBMA) with a crosslinker of poly(ethylene glycol) diacrylate (PEGDA) via photopolymerization. The hydrogels can also be prepared by impregnation into hydrophobic porous supports to enhance the mechanical strength. These films can be characterized by attenuated total reflection Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (ATR-FTIR) to determine the degree of conversion of the (meth)acrylate groups, using goniometers for hydrophilicity and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) for polymer chain dynamics. We also report protocols to determine the water permeability in dead-end filtration systems and the effect of foulants (bovine serum albumin, BSA) on membrane performance.

Indexed as

BiofoulingMembranes, ArtificialAcrylatesBetaineCalorimetry, Differential ScanningHydrogelsHydrophobic and Hydrophilic InteractionsMethacrylatesPolyethylene GlycolsPolymersSerum Albumin, BovineSpectroscopy, Fourier Transform InfraredWater Pollutants, ChemicalWater PurificationAcrylatesacrylic acidBetaineHydrogelsMembranes, ArtificialMethacrylatespoly(ethylene glycol)diacrylatePolyethylene GlycolsPolymersSerum Albumin, BovinesulfobetaineWater Pollutants, Chemical

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PMID28448024
PMCPMC5564485
OpenAlexW2598095223

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