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DESALINATION
Volume 300, Issue -, Pages 64-69Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2012.06.006
Keywords
dielectric barrier discharge; thermo-sensitive polymers; pH-sensitive polymers; grafting; selective membranes
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- Young Fellowship grant
- EU within European Social Fund program
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Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide), copolymer of poly(N-isopropylacrylamide)-co-di(ethylene glycol)methyl ether methacrylate, poly(acrylic acid) or copolymer of poly(acrylic acid-co-di(ethylene glycol)methyl ether methacrylate) was grafted to polypropylene membranes by means of plasma treatment. Dielectric plasma discharge reactor was applied for membrane activation. The grafted polymers exhibited excellent conformational responses to temperature or to pH. The prepared membranes were impermeable to water at room temperature and at pH below 4.5, while at 43 degrees C and pH above 4.5 the volumetric flux reached 30 L/m(2) h at 0.05 MPa. Permeation of KCl, NaCl and LiCl was tested in a process of direct dialysis. The best fluxes of KCl, NaCl and LiCl were obtained at room temperature and at pH below 4.5. It was shown that DEGMEM blocks were able to participate in transport of potassium, sodium and lithium ions and membranes with these blocks were more selective to Li than to other ions. (c) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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