Construction of Antifouling Membrane Surfaces through Layer-by-Layer Self-Assembly of Lignosulfonate and Polyethyleneimine
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Experimental
2.1. Materials
2.2. Fabrication and Characterization of LS/PEI Multilayers on PSf Membranes
2.2.1. Preparation of PSf Membranes
2.2.2. LbL Deposition
2.2.3. Characterization
2.3. Antifouling Performances of the Membranes
2.3.1. Static Protein Adsorption
2.3.2. Dynamic Antifouling Test
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Formation of LS/PEI Multilayers on PSf Membranes
3.2. Surface Morphologies of LS/PEI Multilayers on PSf Membranes
3.3. Antifouling Performances of the Membranes
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Samples | N1s | C1s | O1s | S2p |
---|---|---|---|---|
PSf | − | 79.08% | 16.24% | 4.67% |
PSf-1BL | 3.03% | 72.85% | 20.08% | 3.65% |
PSf-3BL | 5.33% | 68.98% | 21.63% | 3.27% |
PSf-5BL | 6.12% | 68.67% | 22.12% | 3.09% |
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Gu, L.; Xie, M.-Y.; Jin, Y.; He, M.; Xing, X.-Y.; Yu, Y.; Wu, Q.-Y. Construction of Antifouling Membrane Surfaces through Layer-by-Layer Self-Assembly of Lignosulfonate and Polyethyleneimine. Polymers 2019, 11, 1782. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym11111782
Gu L, Xie M-Y, Jin Y, He M, Xing X-Y, Yu Y, Wu Q-Y. Construction of Antifouling Membrane Surfaces through Layer-by-Layer Self-Assembly of Lignosulfonate and Polyethyleneimine. Polymers. 2019; 11(11):1782. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym11111782
Chicago/Turabian StyleGu, Lin, Meng-Yun Xie, Yu Jin, Min He, Xiao-Yan Xing, Yuan Yu, and Qing-Yun Wu. 2019. "Construction of Antifouling Membrane Surfaces through Layer-by-Layer Self-Assembly of Lignosulfonate and Polyethyleneimine" Polymers 11, no. 11: 1782. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym11111782