Graphene oxide grafted poly(acrylic acid) synthesized via surface initiated RAFT as a pH-responsive additive for mixed matrix membrane

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2019-03-01

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Ghasemi Kochameshki, Mahmoud
Mahmoudian, Mehdi
Marjani, Azam
Farhadi, Khalil
Enayati, Mojtaba
Mollayousefi, Hamed Samadi

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Incorporation of nanostructured materials into the membrane matrix is a new strategy to improve mechanical and performance properties. Graphene oxide (GO) is one of the advantageous carbon-based nanomaterials, which recently has been used extensively in this field. However, in the most cases, the surface modification of GO has been considered for the creation of new properties like a response to different stimuli such as temperature, pH, and pressure. In the present study, a well-defined poly(acrylic acid) was grafted on GO using reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer polymerization technique. This modified GO was incorporated into the mixed matrix membrane as a pH-sensitive additive and its effect on the membrane performance was investigated. The membrane with 5 wt % of modified GO provides better hydrophilicity, flux, antifouling, and rejection properties and so the effect of pH change on the aforementioned characteristic properties was studied for this membrane. It is indicated that modified membrane shows different behaviors in acidic and alkaline conditions. In addition, excellent heavy metal separation was observed among rejection tests, especially for Hg ions. (c) 2018 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 2019, 136, 47213.

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Functional graphene oxide, Mixed matrix membranes, pH sensitive membrane, RAFT polymerization

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/90409

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JOURNAL OF APPLIED POLYMER SCIENCE

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https://doi.org/10.1002/app.47213

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M. Ghasemi Kochameshki, M. Mahmoudian, A. Marjani, K. Farhadi, M. Enayati, and H. S. Mollayousefi, “Graphene oxide grafted poly(acrylic acid) synthesized via surface initiated RAFT as a pH-responsive additive for mixed matrix membrane,” JOURNAL OF APPLIED POLYMER SCIENCE, pp. 0–0, 2019, Accessed: 00, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/90409.