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    Synthesis, characterization & impedance studies of some new nano filtration membranes
    (Trans Tech Publications Ltd ttp@transtec.ch, 2010) Padaki, M.; Hegde, C.; Isloor, A.M.
    In the recent years membrane technology has gained significant attention from polymer chemists all around the world due to their attractive features such as efficiency, low costs, low energy costs and as effective solutions to longstanding problems in the chemical industries. Membrane technologies have been widely applied in the separation of liquids and even gases. Many separation problems can be solved economically by nanofiltration alone or in combination with other separation processes. This study aimed to synthesize polysulfone based nanofiltration membranes using DIPS (diffusion induced phase separation) technique. Newly synthesized polymer membranes were subjected to Infra red spectral and water uptake studies. Membranes were also characterized using electrochemical spectroscopy for their proton conducting property. Their surface morphology is visualized by SEM. © (2010) Trans Tech Publications.
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    Synthesis and desalination performance of Ar+-N+ irradiated polysulfone based new NF membrane
    (2011) Hegde, C.; Isloor, A.M.; Padaki, M.; Wanichapichart, P.; Liangdeng, Y.
    In the last few years, membrane technology has gained more attention from polymer chemists throughout the globe. Nowadays, surface modification of membrane is very useful in biotechnology and food science. In the present investigation, we have synthesized polysulfone based composite nanofiltration (NF) membranes, and characterized these membranes by FT-IR, SEM and membrane performance studies. Surface plasma treatment was carried out by irradiation with argon and nitrogen beams in suitable conditions. It was observed that nitrogen beam caused surface roughness that was more severe than the Ar beam. After irradiation, water contact angle was slightly increased. For pure water permeability, flux increased linearly with the operating pressure. However, for the salt solution, the flux was decreased marginally and salt rejection increased after irradiation due to surface modification. The modification effect was characterized in terms of contact angle, AFM employed roughness measurement and dielectric property. It revealed that irradiated NF membranes showed higher salt rejection and lower flux as compared to the nonmodified membranes. Accordingly, the roughness of the membrane surface intensively affected the performance of RO membrane. © 2010 Elsevier B.V.
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    Conversion of microfiltration membrane into nanofiltration membrane by vapour phase deposition of aluminium for desalination application
    (2011) Padaki, M.; Isloor, A.M.; Nagaraja, K.K.; Nagaraja, H.S.; Pattabi, M.
    Preparation and modification of NF membrane are challenging aspects in research. In the present work, we have synthesised Polysulfone (PSf) microfiltration membrane and reduced the pore size to nano level by physical vapour deposition (PVD) of aluminium metal. Membrane pore size was reduced from micro pore to nano pore, which rejected 42.22% of NaCl from the solution with 164L/m2h. And also water permeation decreases from 1.10324-10-10 to the 9.141-10-12. The SEM and AFM pictures showed the surface modification and metal deposition in the pores. The performance of the membrane was studied by dead end flow cell using 3.5% of NaCl solution, in which PVD membrane showed 42.22% of rejection with 16.4L/m2h flux. Thermal analysis from DSC showed Tg of 265°C. Contact angle measurement, and water uptake were also reported. © 2011 Elsevier B.V.
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    Polysulfone/N-phthaloylchitosan novel composite membranes for salt rejection application
    (2011) Padaki, M.; Isloor, A.M.; Wanichapichart, P.
    N-phthaloylchitosan (CS) was synthesized by the reaction of chitosan with phthalic anhydride in dimethyl formamide. Different compositions of polysulfone (PSf) and N-phthaloylchitosan were used to prepare novel polysulfone/N-phthaloylchitosan (PSf/CS) composite membranes by phase inversion method. The composition ratios between the former and the latter were 80:20, 85:15, 90:10, and 95:5. Water flux results revealed that, PSf:CS 80:20 membrane is found to have greatest effective pore area while PSf:CS 95:05 membrane has the smallest value. The pore area is found to be larger with the increase in CS composition. In addition, its water swelling property increases with the increase of CS composition. Water flux results are in consistent with dielectric constant value. Use of known molecular weight of polyethylene glycol rejection study, revealed that, PSf:CS 95:05 membrane possessed the smallest pore size among these membranes. In conclusion, change of ratio between PSf and CS, considerably affects membrane pore size and hydrophilicity. For salt filtration, membrane PSf:CS 95:05 showed 93%, 76.11% and 70.12% rejection of MgSO4, Na2SO4, and NaCl, respectively. © 2011 Elsevier B.V.
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    Synthesis and performance characterization of PS-PPEES nanoporous membranes with nonwoven porous support
    (2013) Hegde, C.; Isloor, A.M.; Padaki, M.; Fun, H.-K.
    The present work describes about the synthesis and characterization of Polysulfone blend nanoporous membrane with nonwoven support. This Nonwoven support provides mechanical strength to membrane while filtration process and minimizes membrane fouling. Hence it helps in better membrane performance in terms of salt rejection, improved flux, thermal stability and fairly increases in proton conductivity. In this work we have used K.C.270 nonwoven material consisting of fine polyester fibers and has a thickness of below 110. ?m. © 2011.
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    Preparation and antifouling properties of PVDF ultrafiltration membranes with polyaniline (PANI) nanofibers and hydrolysed PSMA (H-PSMA) as additives
    (Elsevier, 2014) Pereira, V.R.; Isloor, A.M.; Bhat, K.U.; A.F., A.F.
    Polyaniline (PANI) nanofibers were used as hydrophilic additives to study their effect on the performance of polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) ultrafiltration (UF) membranes. PVDF UF membranes were prepared by the phase inversion method with hydrolyzed polystyrene-co-maleic anhydride (H-PSMA) and PANI nanofibers as additives. PANI nanofibers were synthesized by rapid mixing reaction and were used as a hydrophilic modifying agent with varying concentrations (0-1.5 wt.%) in the membranes. The synthesized PANI nanofibers were characterized by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscope (SEM) and transmission electron microscope (TEM) analysis. Hydrolyzed PSMA was prepared by the hydrolysis of PSMA and was used as a novel pore forming additive. The addition of PANI nanofibers into the membranes increased the membrane hydrophilicity, porosity, water uptake and permeability. The membranes also showed good antifouling nature during BSA (bovine serum albumin) filtration when compared to the pristine membrane without PANI nanofibers. Membrane with 1.0 wt.% PANI content showed highest permeability among the synthesized membranes. The membrane having highest permeability was subjected to heavy metal ion rejection which showed high rejection of 98.52% and 97.38% for heavy metal ions Pb2+ and Cd2+ respectively. © 2014 Elsevier B.V.
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    Preparation and performance studies of polysulfone-sulfated nano-titania (S-TiO2) nanofiltration membranes for dye removal
    (Royal Society of Chemistry, 2015) Pereira, V.R.; Isloor, A.M.; Bhat, K.U.; A.F., A.F.; AlObaid, A.; Fun, H.-K.
    Polysulfone nanofiltration membranes containing sulfated nano-titania (S-TiO2) were fabricated, with the aim to enhance the membrane properties along with the possible rejection of Methylene Blue (MB) dye by membranes. Initially S-TiO2 was synthesized from nano TiO2 by the action of sulfuric acid. The synthesized S-TiO2 was characterized by Fourier Transform Infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), Energy Dispersive Spectrophotometry (EDS) and Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) analysis. S-TiO2 was added in increasing concentrations into the membranes and its effect on the performance of the membranes was evaluated. The synthesized membranes were characterized by Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) and Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM). Polysulfone membranes containing S-TiO2 showed enhancement in properties in terms of hydrophilicity, water uptake, mechanical strength, improved pure water flux (PWF), antifouling nature and high Flux Recovery Ratio (FRR). The polysulfone membranes with S-TiO2 showed 99% rejection for BSA (Bovine Serum Albumin) protein molecules during BSA filtration. The prepared membranes were used for the removal of MB dye from aqueous solutions. A maximum of 90.4% rejection was obtained for MB for the membrane having 2.0 wt% of S-TiO2 under UV light radiation. This approach showed that polysulfone-S-TiO2 membranes displayed good efficiency for dye removal and can be effectively used for the removal of MB dye from aqueous solutions under suitable conditions. © The Royal Society of Chemistry.
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    Novel hybrid photocatalytic reactor-UF nanocomposite membrane system for bilge water degradation and separation
    (Royal Society of Chemistry, 2015) Moslehyani, A.; A.F., A.F.; Othman, M.H.D.; Isloor, A.M.
    This study focuses on the design and performance of a hybrid system consisting of a photocatalytic reactor and ultrafiltration permeation cell. Initially, an ultraviolet (UV) lamp was installed in the photocatalytic reactor to decompose the bilge organic pollutants in the presence of 200 ppm titanium-dioxide (TiO2). Individual hydrocarbon compounds of bilge water samples were identified by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) analysis. Two types of membrane, which are a pure polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) membrane and PVDF/modified halloysite nanotube clay (M-HNTs) nanocomposite membrane were fabricated aiming to enhance the rejection, flux and fouling resistance for full filtration of pollutants from the photocatalytic reactor. The membranes were characterized by Fourier transform infrared (FTIR), field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM) and atomic force microscopy (AFM). Furthermore, GC-MS analysis showed that, over 90% bilge decomposition occurred by a photocatalytic reaction. The TiO2 cross-over during permeation was detected by using an atomic absorption spectrophotometer (AAS), which proved that, TiO2 rejection was more than 99% for the nanocomposite membrane. A UV- vis spectrophotometer confirmed over 99% rejection of decomposed bilge hydrocarbons via the nanocomposite membrane with 1.0 wt% of M-HNTs incorporated in the PVDF matrix. This journal is © The Royal Society of Chemistry 2015.
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    Electrospinning of non-woven poly(styrene-co-acrylonitrile) nanofibrous webs for corrosive chemical filtration: Process evaluation and optimization by Taguchi and multiple regression analyses
    (Elsevier, 2015) Senthil, T.; Anandhan, S.
    Nano-fibrous ultra-filtration membranes of poly(styrene- co-acrylonitrile) were produced from n-butanone solution by electrospinning. Effects of governing parameters on morphology and variation in diameter of the electrospun fibers were experimentally investigated by orthogonal experimental design. The process parameters were selected by Taguchi's method. Multiple regression analysis was used to obtain a quantitative relationship between selected electrospinning parameters and average fiber diameter and ANOVA was used to identify the statistically significant parameters and set the optimal level for each parameter. Confirmation experiment revealed a good agreement between the predicted values of the response obtained from optimum level parameters and the observed experimental values. © 2014 Elsevier B.V.
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    Preparation and characterization of novel PSf/PVP/PANI-nanofiber nanocomposite hollow fiber ultrafiltration membranes and their possible applications for hazardous dye rejection
    (Elsevier, 2015) Kajekar, A.J.; Dodamani, B.M.; Isloor, A.M.; Zulhairun, A.K.; Cheer, N.B.; A.F., A.F.; Shilton, S.J.
    In the present study, PANI (polyaniline)-nanofibers were synthesized by interfacial polymerization technique, dispersed in n-Methyl-2-Pyrrolidone (NMP) solvent and blended with PVP (Polyvinylpyrrolidone)/PSf (Polysulfone) for preparing the novel hollow fiber membrane by dry-wet spinning technique. The newly prepared nanocomposite ultrafiltration hollow fiber membrane is characterized by Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM), Contact Angle, Zeta Potential and Differential Scanning Calorimeter (DSC). Filtration studies are conducted to measure the membrane pure water flux (PWF), rejection of hazardous dye (Reactive Red 120) and fouling resistance. The maximum rejections are obtained for M 0.5 membrane with 99.25% rejection of RR120 hazardous dye at 2. bar pressure. The pure water flux, percentage rejection, antifouling property and thermal resistance increased with an increase in PANI-nanofiber concentration. The contact angle of the membrane decreased with increasing PANI-nanofiber concentration, which indicated increased hydrophilicity of the new membranes. © 2015 Elsevier B.V.