Methacrylic Acid (MAA)-chemical grafted polyethersulfone nanofiltration membrane for forward osmosis application

This study successfully modifies NF2 PES membrane via chemical grafting with methacrylic acid (MAA) at predetermined monomer concentrations, reaction times, and initiator concentrations by means of producing forward osmosis (FO) membrane. The membranes are utilized in the FO system, and performance i...

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Main Authors: Siti Nudra Shafinie, Ab Aziz, Mazrul Nizam, Abu Seman, Syed Mohd Saufi, Tuan Chik, Abdul Wahab, Mohammad
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author Siti Nudra Shafinie, Ab Aziz
Mazrul Nizam, Abu Seman
Syed Mohd Saufi, Tuan Chik
Abdul Wahab, Mohammad
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Syed Mohd Saufi, Tuan Chik
Abdul Wahab, Mohammad
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description This study successfully modifies NF2 PES membrane via chemical grafting with methacrylic acid (MAA) at predetermined monomer concentrations, reaction times, and initiator concentrations by means of producing forward osmosis (FO) membrane. The membranes are utilized in the FO system, and performance is discussed in terms of water and solute flux. The surface characteristics of the modified membrane are analyzed in terms of water contact angle, functional groups, and degree of grafting (DG), meanwhile, morphological studies are analyzed via AFM and FESEM characterization. Based on the FO test performance, it can be concluded that increasing monomer concentration results in an increase in the permeate fluxes until a certain value is reached; only then does the permeate flux start to decrease. However, the effect of monomer concentrations is not significant on the permeate flux when shorter reactions are applied. This is probably due to the limitation of reaction time, which only allows certain values at a time for co-polymerization to be completed, hence affecting the permeate flux. Increasing reaction time offers more reactions to occur, leading to more surface grafting activity. However, prolonging the reaction time does not always improve the surface grafting, especially when higher monomer concentration and initiator concentration are involved.
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spelling ump-440242025-03-10T04:52:09Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/44024/ Methacrylic Acid (MAA)-chemical grafted polyethersulfone nanofiltration membrane for forward osmosis application Siti Nudra Shafinie, Ab Aziz Mazrul Nizam, Abu Seman Syed Mohd Saufi, Tuan Chik Abdul Wahab, Mohammad TP Chemical technology This study successfully modifies NF2 PES membrane via chemical grafting with methacrylic acid (MAA) at predetermined monomer concentrations, reaction times, and initiator concentrations by means of producing forward osmosis (FO) membrane. The membranes are utilized in the FO system, and performance is discussed in terms of water and solute flux. The surface characteristics of the modified membrane are analyzed in terms of water contact angle, functional groups, and degree of grafting (DG), meanwhile, morphological studies are analyzed via AFM and FESEM characterization. Based on the FO test performance, it can be concluded that increasing monomer concentration results in an increase in the permeate fluxes until a certain value is reached; only then does the permeate flux start to decrease. However, the effect of monomer concentrations is not significant on the permeate flux when shorter reactions are applied. This is probably due to the limitation of reaction time, which only allows certain values at a time for co-polymerization to be completed, hence affecting the permeate flux. Increasing reaction time offers more reactions to occur, leading to more surface grafting activity. However, prolonging the reaction time does not always improve the surface grafting, especially when higher monomer concentration and initiator concentration are involved. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2025-02-17 Article PeerReviewed pdf en http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/44024/1/Macromolecular%20Symposia%20414%20%282025%29%202300227.pdf Siti Nudra Shafinie, Ab Aziz and Mazrul Nizam, Abu Seman and Syed Mohd Saufi, Tuan Chik and Abdul Wahab, Mohammad (2025) Methacrylic Acid (MAA)-chemical grafted polyethersulfone nanofiltration membrane for forward osmosis application. Macromolecular Symposia, 414 (2300227). pp. 1-14. ISSN 1521-3900. (Unpublished) (Unpublished) https://doi.org/10.1002/masy.202300227 https://doi.org/10.1002/masy.202300227
spellingShingle TP Chemical technology
Siti Nudra Shafinie, Ab Aziz
Mazrul Nizam, Abu Seman
Syed Mohd Saufi, Tuan Chik
Abdul Wahab, Mohammad
Methacrylic Acid (MAA)-chemical grafted polyethersulfone nanofiltration membrane for forward osmosis application
title Methacrylic Acid (MAA)-chemical grafted polyethersulfone nanofiltration membrane for forward osmosis application
title_full Methacrylic Acid (MAA)-chemical grafted polyethersulfone nanofiltration membrane for forward osmosis application
title_fullStr Methacrylic Acid (MAA)-chemical grafted polyethersulfone nanofiltration membrane for forward osmosis application
title_full_unstemmed Methacrylic Acid (MAA)-chemical grafted polyethersulfone nanofiltration membrane for forward osmosis application
title_short Methacrylic Acid (MAA)-chemical grafted polyethersulfone nanofiltration membrane for forward osmosis application
title_sort methacrylic acid (maa)-chemical grafted polyethersulfone nanofiltration membrane for forward osmosis application
topic TP Chemical technology
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