Basri, Hatijah and Ismail, Ahmad Fauzi and Aziz, Madzlan and Rusop, Mohamad and Soga, Tetsuo (2009) Effect of different incorporation route on the properties of polyethersulfone-silver membrane. In: AIP Conference Proceedings. American Institute of Physics., USA, pp. 93-97. ISBN 978-073540673-5
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3160277
Abstract
Silver-loading asymmetric polyethersulfone (PES) asymmetric membrane was prepared via the simple phase inversion technique. The homoge neous solution was prepared by dissolving AgNO3 and PES in N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone (NMP) or N, N-dimethylformamide (DMF). The morphology of the resultant membrane was examined using a scanning electron microscope and the silver content in the membrane was measured using an Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy (EDS). Result shows that resultant membranes made of NMP solvent exhibit a finger-like structure while membranes prepared with DMF exhibit a mixture of finger-like and spongy structure with voids. The antibacterial activity of resultant membrane with the variation of silver content was measured using inhibition zone method. The results indicated that the PES-silver membranes made up with NMP solvent were antibacterial to both Grampositive bacteria and Gram-negative bacteria. Resultant membranes with DMF exhibit the highest pure water permeation (PWP) without any antibacterial activities.
Item Type: | Book Section |
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Additional Information: | International Conference on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Nano-SciTech 2008; Selangor; 18 November 2008 through 21 November 2008; ISSN : 0094243X |
Uncontrolled Keywords: | antibacterial, membrane, silver nitrate |
Subjects: | T Technology > TP Chemical technology |
Divisions: | Chemical and Natural Resources Engineering |
ID Code: | 13538 |
Deposited By: | Zalinda Shuratman |
Deposited On: | 09 Aug 2011 01:20 |
Last Modified: | 09 Aug 2011 01:20 |
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