In Situ Reduction of Silver by Polydopamine: A Novel Antimicrobial Modification of a Thin-Film Composite Polyamide Membrane

We report a facile method for the antimicrobial modification of a thin-film composite polyamide reverse osmosis (RO) membrane. The membrane surface was first coated with polydopamine (PDA), whose reducing catechol groups subsequently immobilized silver ions in situ to form uniformly dispersed silver...

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Veröffentlicht in:Environmental science & technology Jg. 50; H. 17; S. 9543
Hauptverfasser: Yang, Zhe, Wu, Yichao, Wang, Jianqiang, Cao, Bin, Tang, Chuyang Y
Format: Journal Article
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: United States 06.09.2016
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Anti-Infective Agents - pharmacology
Filtration
Membranes, Artificial
Nylons
Silver - pharmacology
ISSN:1520-5851, 1520-5851
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Zusammenfassung:We report a facile method for the antimicrobial modification of a thin-film composite polyamide reverse osmosis (RO) membrane. The membrane surface was first coated with polydopamine (PDA), whose reducing catechol groups subsequently immobilized silver ions in situ to form uniformly dispersed silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) inside the coating layer. Agglomeration of AgNPs was not observed despite a high silver loading of 13.3 ± 0.3 μg/cm(2) (corresponding to a surface coverage of 18.5% by the nanoparticles). Both diffusion inhibition zone tests and colony formation unit tests showed clear antimicrobial effects of the silver loaded membranes on model bacteria Bacillus subtilis and Escherichia coli. Furthermore, the silver immobilized membrane had significantly enhanced salt rejection compared to the control PDA coated membrane, which is attributed to the preferential formation of AgNPs at defect sides within the PDA layer. This self-healing mechanism can be used to prepare antimicrobial RO membranes with improved salt rejection without scarifying the membrane permeability, which provides a new dimension for membrane surface modification.
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ISSN:1520-5851
1520-5851
DOI:10.1021/acs.est.6b01867