Glycidyl and Methyl Methacrylate UV-Grafted PDMS Membrane Modification toward Tramadol Membrane Selectivity

0546804 - ÚCHP 2022 RIV CH eng J - Journal Article
Bourassi, Mahdi - Pasichnyk, Mariia - Oesch, O. - Sundararajan, S. - Trávníčková, Tereza - Soukup, Karel - Kasher, R. - Gaálová, Jana
Glycidyl and Methyl Methacrylate UV-Grafted PDMS Membrane Modification toward Tramadol Membrane Selectivity.
Membranes. Roč. 11, č. 10 (2021), č. článku 752. E-ISSN 2077-0375
R&D Projects: GA ČR(CZ) GJ19-08153Y
Grant - others:ISF(IL) 3237/19
Institutional support: RVO:67985858
Keywords : membrane separation * pharmaceutical’s pertraction * selective membrane
OECD category: Chemical process engineering
Impact factor: 4.562, year: 2021
Method of publishing: Open access
https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0375/11/10/752

Pharmaceutical wastewater pollution has reached an alarming stage, as many studies have reported. Membrane separation has shown great performance in wastewater treatment, but there are some drawbacks and undesired byproducts of this process. Selective membranes could be used for pollutant investigation sensors or even for pollutant recovery. The polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) membrane was first tested on separated and mixed antibiotic (ATB) water solutions containing sulfamethoxazole (SM), trimethoprim (TMP), and tetracycline (TET). Then, the bare and ultra‐violet grafted (UV‐grafted) PDMS membranes (MMA‐DMAEMA 10, GMA‐DMAEMA 5, and GMA‐DMAEMA 10) were tested in tramadol (TRA) separation, where the diffusion coefficient was evaluated. Finally, the membranes were tested in pertraction with a mixture of SM, TMP, TET, and TRA. The membranes were characterized using the following methods: contact angle measurement, FTIR, SEM/EDX, and surface and pore analysis. The main findings were that TET was co‐eluted during mixed ATB pertraction, and GMA‐DMAEMA 5 was found to selectively permeate TRA over the present ATBs.
Permanent Link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0323182