Facile one-pot scalable strategy to engineer biocidal silver nanocluster assembly on thiolated PVDF membranes for water purification

Sharma, Maya and Padmavathy, Nagarajan and Remanan, Sanjay and Madras, Giridhar and Bose, Suryasarathi (2016) Facile one-pot scalable strategy to engineer biocidal silver nanocluster assembly on thiolated PVDF membranes for water purification. In: RSC ADVANCES, 6 (45). pp. 38972-38983.

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Abstract

Biofouling, due to bacterial growth and colonization, is a significant obstacle in water treatment that severely affects the membrane performance. Nanofiltration effectively removes viruses and other pathogens but is an energy intensive process. Designing and developing low pressure driven membranes with potential antimicrobial and antibiofouling properties is a concern. Under this framework, biocidal silver nanoparticles based polymeric membranes with high content of silver on the membrane surface can control bacterial colonization. However, leaching of silver during water treatment may also lead to toxicity. In the present work, a unique strategy resulting in distinct surface assembly of silver nanoparticles was established on thiol functionalized PVDF membranes. Nanocluster assembly of silver nanoparticles on the PVDF membrane was obtained by esterification reaction between thioglycolic acid (TGA) and alkaline treated PVDF membrane (TGA-PVDF). On the other hand, by introducing thiol-ene chemistry between pentaerythritol tetrakis(3-mercaptopropionate) (PETMP) and alkaline treated PVDF (PETMP-PVDF), well dispersed silver nanoparticles can be tailored on the membrane surface. The silver nanocluster assembly on TGA-PVDF membranes results in control leaching, as confirmed by inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectroscopy (ICP) and X-ray photon spectroscopy (XPS) analysis in striking contrast to PETMP-PVDF. The trans-membrane flux was assessed and our results uncover that the designed membranes showed higher flux rate. These results have important implications in designing membranes for water purification and reveal the importance of the surface assembly of biocidal nanoparticles towards antibacterial properties.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	RSC ADVANCES
Publisher:	ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
Additional Information:	Copy right for this article belongs to the ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY, THOMAS GRAHAM HOUSE, SCIENCE PARK, MILTON RD, CAMBRIDGE CB4 0WF, CAMBS, ENGLAND
Department/Centre:	Division of Mechanical Sciences > Chemical Engineering Division of Mechanical Sciences > Materials Engineering (formerly Metallurgy) Division of Interdisciplinary Sciences > Centre for Nano Science and Engineering
Date Deposited:	11 Jun 2016 09:58
Last Modified:	11 Jun 2016 09:58
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/53934

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