发明申请
- 专利标题: Fouling Resistant Membranes Formed with Polyacrylonitrile Graft Copolymers
- 专利标题(中): 用聚丙烯腈接枝共聚物形成的防污膜
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申请号: US12226121申请日: 2007-04-10
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公开(公告)号: US20110198288A1公开(公告)日: 2011-08-18
- 发明人: Anne M. Mayes , Ayse Asatekin Alexiou
- 申请人: Anne M. Mayes , Ayse Asatekin Alexiou
- 申请人地址: US MA Cambridge
- 专利权人: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- 当前专利权人: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- 当前专利权人地址: US MA Cambridge
- 国际申请: PCT/US2007/008797 WO 20070410
- 主分类号: B01D71/42
- IPC分类号: B01D71/42 ; B01D71/82 ; B01D71/78
摘要:
The present application is generally directed towards polyacrylonitrile— (PAN—) based, amphophilic graft copolymers, for example, for the production of membranes for liquid filtration. In one aspect, the present invention provides systems and methods for preparing high flux, fouling resistant nanofiltration membranes whose pore size can be readily tuned. In some cases, microphase separation of a graft copolymer comprising a backbone comprising polyacrylonitrile (PAN) and hydrophilic side-chains is used. In some cases, nanochannels of tunable width are formed, which may give the membrane permselective properties and/or anti-fouling character. In some cases, a copoylmer may be used as an additive in the immersion precipitation casting of ultrafiltration or microfiltration membranes. In certain instances, the additive can segregate to the membrane exterior and/or pore surfaces, e.g., due to favorable interactions between the hydrophilic side chains and the surrounding environment, which may create a surface that resists fouling, e.g., by biological molecules.