Luminescent film: Biofouling investigation of tetraphenylethylene blended polyethersulfone ultrafiltration membrane.

Orooji, Y; Movahedi, A; Liu, Z; Asadnia, M; Ghasali, E; Ganjkhanlou, Y; Razmjou, A; Karimi-Maleh, H; Kiadeh, NTH

Luminescent film: Biofouling investigation of tetraphenylethylene blended polyethersulfone ultrafiltration membrane.

Orooji, Y Movahedi, A Liu, Z Asadnia, M Ghasali, E Ganjkhanlou, Y Razmjou, A Karimi-Maleh, H Kiadeh, NTH

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Citation:: Chemosphere, 2021, 267, pp. 128871
Issue Date:: 2021-03

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dc.contributor.author	Orooji, Y
dc.contributor.author	Movahedi, A
dc.contributor.author	Liu, Z
dc.contributor.author	Asadnia, M
dc.contributor.author	Ghasali, E
dc.contributor.author	Ganjkhanlou, Y
dc.contributor.author	Razmjou, A
dc.contributor.author	Karimi-Maleh, H
dc.contributor.author	Kiadeh, NTH
dc.date.accessioned	2021-10-20T05:48:15Z
dc.date.available	2020-10-31
dc.date.available	2021-10-20T05:48:15Z
dc.date.issued	2021-03
dc.identifier.citation	Chemosphere, 2021, 267, pp. 128871
dc.identifier.issn	0045-6535
dc.identifier.issn	1879-1298
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/151180
dc.description.abstract	Despite the huge contribution of membrane-based brine and wastewater purification systems in today's life, biofouling still affects sustainability of membrane engineering. Aimed at reducing membrane modules wastage, the need to study biofouling monitoring as one of contributory factors stemmed from the short time between initial attachment and irreversible biofoulant adhesion. Hence, a membrane for monitoring is introduced to determine the right cleaning time by using fluorescent sensing as a non-destructive and scalable approach. The classical solid-state emissive fluorophore, tetraphenylethylene (TPE), was introduced as a sustainable, safe and sensitive fluorescent indicator in order to show the potential of the method, and polyethersulfone (PES) and nonsolvent-induced phase separation method, the most popular material and method, are used to fabricate membrane in industry and academia. Since the employed filler has an aggregation-induced emission (AIE) characteristic, it can track the biofouling throughout the operation. The fabricated membranes have certain characterizations (i.e. morphology assessment, flux, antibiogram, flow cytometry, surface free energy, and protein adsorption) which indicate that hybrid membrane with 5 wt % of TPE has identical biofouling activity compared to neat PES membrane and its optimal luminescence properties make it an appropriate candidate for non-destructive and online biofouling monitoring.
dc.format	Print-Electronic
dc.language	eng
dc.publisher	PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
dc.relation.ispartof	Chemosphere
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.128871
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.subject.classification	Environmental Sciences
dc.subject.classification	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
dc.subject.mesh	Stilbenes
dc.subject.mesh	Sulfones
dc.subject.mesh	Polymers
dc.subject.mesh	Membranes, Artificial
dc.subject.mesh	Ultrafiltration
dc.subject.mesh	Water Purification
dc.subject.mesh	Luminescence
dc.subject.mesh	Biofouling
dc.subject.mesh	Biofouling
dc.subject.mesh	Luminescence
dc.subject.mesh	Membranes, Artificial
dc.subject.mesh	Polymers
dc.subject.mesh	Stilbenes
dc.subject.mesh	Sulfones
dc.subject.mesh	Ultrafiltration
dc.subject.mesh	Water Purification
dc.title	Luminescent film: Biofouling investigation of tetraphenylethylene blended polyethersulfone ultrafiltration membrane.
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	267
utslib.location.activity	England
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology/School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
utslib.copyright.status	closed_access	*
dc.date.updated	2021-10-20T05:48:13Z
pubs.publication-status	Published
pubs.volume	267

Abstract:

Despite the huge contribution of membrane-based brine and wastewater purification systems in today's life, biofouling still affects sustainability of membrane engineering. Aimed at reducing membrane modules wastage, the need to study biofouling monitoring as one of contributory factors stemmed from the short time between initial attachment and irreversible biofoulant adhesion. Hence, a membrane for monitoring is introduced to determine the right cleaning time by using fluorescent sensing as a non-destructive and scalable approach. The classical solid-state emissive fluorophore, tetraphenylethylene (TPE), was introduced as a sustainable, safe and sensitive fluorescent indicator in order to show the potential of the method, and polyethersulfone (PES) and nonsolvent-induced phase separation method, the most popular material and method, are used to fabricate membrane in industry and academia. Since the employed filler has an aggregation-induced emission (AIE) characteristic, it can track the biofouling throughout the operation. The fabricated membranes have certain characterizations (i.e. morphology assessment, flux, antibiogram, flow cytometry, surface free energy, and protein adsorption) which indicate that hybrid membrane with 5 wt % of TPE has identical biofouling activity compared to neat PES membrane and its optimal luminescence properties make it an appropriate candidate for non-destructive and online biofouling monitoring.

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