A thermoresponsive CA-PNIPAM-based electrospun nanofibrous membrane for oil/water separation

Abstract

Oil released into the environment becomes one of the foremost concerns that rigorously impact the environmental system. Therefore, there is needed to develop newer membranes, modify existing membranes, or tune...

Research Progress of Water Treatment Technology Based on Nanofiber Membranes

“…Moreover, the membrane had an antifouling performance with a flux recovery rate higher than 52.5%. Some researchers also prepared a new controllable oil–water separation ENM by combining CA and poly(N-isopropyl acrylamide) to form a thermal-responsive polymer membrane [ 160 ]. The membrane shows strong hydrophilicity and can be used for rapid oil–water separation at room temperature.…”

Scale‐Up Synthesis of Thermoresponsive Polymer Particles from Poly(N,N‐dimethylacrylamide‐co‐N‐isopropylacrylamide)‐b‐polystyrene via RAFT Emulsion Polymerization

“…[6,7] Block copolymerization with water-insoluble monomers, on the other hand, generates materials that can form particles for temperatureinduced drug release [6,8,9] or switchable membranes. [10] The method of controlled radical polymerization has opened up the synthesis of well-defined polymers [7,[11][12][13][14] and especially for the synthesis of polymers based on acrylamide monomers that are, otherwise, difficult to be polymerized. Anionic polymerization, as a standard method for monomers containing a vinyl group, leads to branching, back-biting, and side products when employed for acrylates or acrylamides, [15][16][17] and in case of acrylamides may even produce polyamides instead of vinyl polymers.…”

“…[ 6,7 ] Block copolymerization with water‐insoluble monomers, on the other hand, generates materials that can form particles for temperature‐induced drug release [ 6,8,9 ] or switchable membranes. [ 10 ]…”

A self-cleaning polyacrylonitrile fiber membrane modified by photocatalytic nanoparticles and zwitterionic polymer brushes for oil/water separation

“…1 The oil pollutants are usually toxic, carcinogenic and teratogenic, posing a tremendous hazard to human health and the marine ecosystem. [2][3][4] The Deepwater Horizon event polluted 3200 square kilometers of ocean and resulted in an economic loss of about $600 million. The Amazon oil field incident resulted in economic losses of nearly $300 million and the release of oily effluent has posed a serious threat to drinking water.…”