Aquaporin-embedded biomimetic membranes for nanofiltration

Pei Shan Zhong; Tai Shung Chung; Kandiah Jeyaseelan; Arunmozhiarasi Armugam

doi:10.1016/j.memsci.2012.03.033

Aquaporin-embedded biomimetic membranes for nanofiltration

Pei Shan Zhong, Tai Shung Chung^*, Kandiah Jeyaseelan, Arunmozhiarasi Armugam

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Abstract

For the first time, planar biomimetic membranes consisting of Aquaporin Z (AqpZ) were fabricated upon cellulose acetate membrane substrate functionalized with methacrylate end groups. By vesicle rupture of triblock copolymer (ABA) vesicles and UV polymerization, a selective layer upon the substrate for nano-filtration (NF) was formed. The AqpZ:ABA ratio was varied from 1:200 to 1:50 and its effects on nanofiltration performance were elucidated. It is found that the NF membranes comprising AqpZ:ABA ratio of 1:50 can give an impressive water permeability of 34LMHbar ^-1 and NaCl rejection of more than 30%. This study opens up new possibilities of using AqpZ embedded biomimetic membranes for water purification with advantages that include high throughput with lesser energy consumption.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	27-33
Number of pages	7
Journal	Journal of Membrane Science
Volume	407-408
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2012.03.033
State	Published - Jul 15 2012
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Aquaporin
Biomimetic
Nanofiltration
Vesicle rupture
Water purification

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Biochemistry
General Materials Science
Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
Filtration and Separation

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