Fouling-resistant properties of a surface-modified poly(ether sulfone) ultrafiltration membrane grafted with poly(ethylene glycol)-amide binary monomers

Fabrication of polyethersulfone-mesoporous silica nanocomposite ultrafiltration membranes with antifouling properties

“…PES is one of the most common ultrafiltration membrane materials due to its outstanding mechanical strength, excellent thermal and chemical stability [7][8][9][10][11]. In the present study, ordered mesoporous silica was synthesized and was used to fabricate MS-PES nanocomposite membranes.…”

“…Much effort has been devoted to improving hydrophilicity of the conventional hydrophobic membranes by using various techniques, including coating [5,6], grafting hydrophilic species onto the membrane surfaces [7,8], and blending with hydrophilic polymer or inorganic fillers [9,10]. Among these methods, blending with inorganic particles has attracted a great deal of interest due to availability of different types of functional inorganic particles.…”

Preparation and characterization of a polyethersulfone/polyaniline nanocomposite membrane for ultrafiltration and as a substrate for a gas separation membrane

“…Numerous efforts have been made in order to improve the property of PES membrane, including surface coating, 5,6 surface grafting polymerization 7,8 and hydrophilic modifier blending. 9, 10 Among these methods, modifier blending appears to be a promising modification method because of its facile operation, high efficiency and low cost.…”

Performance improvement of polysulfone ultrafiltration membrane using N-succinyl chitosan as additive

“…Flux decline and shortening of membrane life time are caused by membrane fouling. In general, protein-resistant surfaces are hydrophilic in nature, due to strongly bound water molecules that prevent protein molecules from binding to surfaces [31]. Since in the present study, the contact angle and permeation experiments proved to increase hydrophilicity of the PSf/NSCS membranes, it is expected that the latter membranes will exhibit stronger antifouling effect.…”