Triclosan-immobilized polyamide thin film composite membranes with enhanced biofouling resistance
- Authors
- Park, Sang-Hee; Hwang, Seon Oh; Kim, Taek-Seung; Cho, Arah; Kwon, Soon Jin; Kim, Kyoung Taek; Park, Hee-Deung; Lee, Jung-Hyun
- Issue Date
- 15-6월-2018
- Publisher
- ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
- Keywords
- Triclosan; Surface immobilization; Polyamide thin film composite membrane; Reverse osmosis; Anti-biofouling; Antibacterial activity
- Citation
- APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE, v.443, pp.458 - 466
- Indexed
- SCIE
SCOPUS
- Journal Title
- APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE
- Volume
- 443
- Start Page
- 458
- End Page
- 466
- URI
- https://scholar.korea.ac.kr/handle/2021.sw.korea/74926
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.apsusc.2018.03.003
- ISSN
- 0169-4332
- Abstract
- We report on a strategy to improve biofouling resistance of a polyamide (PA) thin-film composite (TFC) reverse osmosis (RO) membrane via chemically immobilizing triclosan (TC), known as a common organic biocide, on its surface. To facilitate covalent attachment of TC on the membrane surface, TC was functionalized with amine moiety to prepare aminopropyl TC. Then, the TC-immobilized TFC (TFC-TC) membranes were fabricated through a one-step amide formation reaction between amine groups of aminopropyl TC and acyl chloride groups present on the PA membrane surface, which was confirmed by high-resolution XPS. Strong stability of the immobilized TC was also confirmed by a hydraulic washing test. Although the TFC-TC membrane showed slightly reduced separation performance compared to the pristine control, it still maintained a satisfactory RO performance level. Importantly, the TFC-TC membrane exhibited excellent antibacterial activity against both gram negative (E. coli and P. aeruginosa) and gram positive (S. aureus) bacteria along with greatly enhanced resistance to biofilm formation. Our immobilization approach offers a robust and relatively benign strategy to control biofouling of functional surfaces, films and membranes. (C) 2018 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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