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J Vis Exp ; (122)2017 04 07.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28448024

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.


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Biofouling , Hydrogels/chemical synthesis , Membranes, Artificial , Water Purification/instrumentation , Acrylates , Betaine/analogs & derivatives , Calorimetry, Differential Scanning , Hydrogels/chemistry , Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Interactions , Methacrylates , Polyethylene Glycols , Polymers/chemistry , Serum Albumin, Bovine/chemistry , Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared , Water Pollutants, Chemical/chemistry
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