Evaluation of novel, cationic electrospun microfibrous membranes as adsorbents in bacteria removal
| Autor: | Papaphilippou, Petri Ch, Vyrides, Ioannis, Mpekris, Fotios, Stylianopoulos, Triantafyllos, Papatryfonos, Charalambos A., Theocharis, Charis R., Krasia‐Christoforou, Theodora |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Krasia-Christoforou, T. [0000-0002-9915-491X], Stylianopoulos, T. [0000-0002-3093-1696], Stylianopoulos, Triantafyllos [0000-0002-3093-1696], Theocharis, Charis R. [0000-0002-1669-4954], Krasia‐Christoforou, Theodora [0000-0002-9915-491X], Vyrides, Ioannis [0000-0001-8316-4577] |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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Polymethyl methacrylates
General Chemical Engineering Wastewater treatment chemistry.chemical_compound Adsorption efficiency Gravimetric analysis Copolymer UV-vis spectrophotometry Methyl methacrylate Aqueous solution biology Chemistry Adsorption isotherms Langmuir adsorption model Esters Thermogravimetric analysis Solutions Nanofibrous microfiltration membranes Membrane Gram-negative bacteria Viruses Pseudomonas aeruginosa symbols Earth and Related Environmental Sciences Natural Sciences Tensile testing Scanning electron microscopy High-flux microfiltration Chemical compositions Malachite green Microorganisms Methacrylate Thermodynamic stability Microbiology Isotherms symbols.namesake Adsorption Monolayer adsorption Thermal gravimetric analyses (TGA) Escherichia coli Chromatography Membranes Bacteria technology industry and agriculture General Chemistry Langmuir isotherm models biology.organism_classification Advenella Disinfection Micropollutants Nuclear chemistry |
| Zdroj: | RSC Advances RSC Adv. |
| Popis: | Electrospun microfibrous membranes comprised of poly(methyl methacrylate)-poly((2-diethylamino)ethyl methacrylate) random copolymers (PMMA-co-PDEAEMA) of various chemical compositions blended together with a commercially available PMMA have been fabricated with diameters between 4.0-6.4 μm and further evaluated as adsorbents for bacteria removal from aqueous media. The morphology and thermal stability of the membranes were determined by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and thermal gravimetric analysis (TGA), respectively. Tensile tests were also performed in order to investigate their mechanical properties. Membrane evaluation as adsorbents against two Gram-negative bacteria namely Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Advenella species revealed that the membranes containing the highest percentage of the cationic moieties (DEAEMA) exhibited the highest adsorption efficiency. The bacteria removal by the microfibrous membranes was studied by UV-vis spectrophotometry upon measuring the optical density (OD) of the microorganisms. The highest recorded bacteria removal percentages after 8 h were approximately 70% and 45%, for the Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Advenella species respectively, whereas in both cases complete (100%) bacteria removal was observed after 24 h of membrane immersion in bacteria-containing aqueous solutions. The experimental adsorption isotherms for P. aeruginosa and Advenella sp. were well-fitted with the Langmuir isotherm model indicating a monolayer adsorption process. SEM was also used to confirm the adhesion of the bacteria onto the electrospun microfibers. Most importantly, these materials exhibited great performance for the removal of microorganisms from urban wastewater as determined via the standard plating technique prepared by agar. © The Royal Society of Chemistry. 5 83 67617 67629 Cited By :3 |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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