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Fabrication and characterization of a novel acacia gum copolymer for improving graphene-based membrane

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dc.contributor.authorGhany M.A.R.A.en_US
dc.contributor.authorLun A.W.en_US
dc.contributor.authorAlsaffar M.A.en_US
dc.contributor.authorMahmoudi E.en_US
dc.contributor.authorAyodele B.V.en_US
dc.contributor.authorid57220782481en_US
dc.contributor.authorid57220782858en_US
dc.contributor.authorid57210601717en_US
dc.contributor.authorid56647904800en_US
dc.contributor.authorid56862160400en_US
dc.date.accessioned2023-05-29T08:06:42Z
dc.date.available2023-05-29T08:06:42Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.description.abstractMembrane technology has emerged as an alternative to conventional water treatment methods. Membranes, however, are exposed to fouling phenomena during their application. These have contributed to short membrane durability and higher operating cost. Improvements of commercial membrane characteristics and developing new membrane materials, thus, are the focus of membrane researchers in recent years in order to enhance the membrane overall performance. This current study was aimed to develop a composite membrane material with improved characteristics such as high fouling resistance, high flux, high hydrophilicity and good mechanical properties. Graphene oxide (GO) nanoplates have become the best candidate to be adopted as a nanofillers in the membrane matrices owing to its unique properties. Polyethersulfone (PES) membranes have been fabricated using a direct blending of the nanoplates in the blending solution via a wet phase inversion method. The addition of GO nanoplates and acacia gum to the casting solution changed the viscosity of the solution. As a result, the membrane with denser sub-layer and smaller pore size were formed owing to the changes in phase inversion kinetics. All the membranes, however, have an integrated asymmetric structure according to Field Emission Scanning Electron (FESEM) images. Fouling phenomena of the fabricated membranes were quantified by measuring flux declines at constant suction pressure. � 2020 Author(s).en_US
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dc.identifier.ArtNo27468
dc.identifier.doi10.1063/5.0027468
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85097618669
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85097618669&doi=10.1063%2f5.0027468&partnerID=40&md5=93ff10c0c2e784a744b876963656aafe
dc.identifier.urihttps://irepository.uniten.edu.my/handle/123456789/25083
dc.identifier.volume2290
dc.publisherAmerican Institute of Physics Inc.en_US
dc.relation.ispartofAll Open Access, Bronze
dc.sourceScopus
dc.sourcetitleAIP Conference Proceedings
dc.titleFabrication and characterization of a novel acacia gum copolymer for improving graphene-based membraneen_US
dc.typeConference Paperen_US
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