Engineering and Characterization of Antibacterial Coaxial Nanofiber Membranes for Oil/Water Separation.

ABSTRACT: In the present study, a coaxial nanofiber membrane was developed using the electrospinning technique. The developed membranes were fabricated from hydrophilic cellulose acetate (CA) polymer and hydrophobic polysulfone (PSf) polymer as a core and shell in an alternative way with addition of 0.1 wt.% of ZnO nanoparticles (NPs). The membranes were treated with a 2M NaOH solution to enhance hydrophilicity and thus increase water separation flux. Chemical and physical characterizations were performed, such as Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy, and surface wettability was measured by means of water contact angle (WCA), mechanical properties, surface morphology via field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and microscopy energy dispe

SUBMITTER: Mousa HM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7694370 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature