Use of HMDS/hexane double layers for obtaining low cost selective membrane
Use of HMDS/hexane double layers for obtaining low cost selective membrane
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使用HMDS/己烷双层获得低成本选择性膜
DOI:
10.1023/a:1024099329956
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发表时间:
2003
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影响因子:
5.7
通讯作者:
I. H. Tan
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作者:
M. L. D. da Silva;N. Demarquette;I. H. Tan
Sheets of paper commonly used for filtration were coated with double layers of HMDS (hexamethyl disilazane) and n-hexane using a low pressure plasma reactor. The organic compounds formed a thin film with very good adhesion to the substrate; the process produced water-repellent surfaces, with apparent water-contact angles higher than 100° and water adsorption around 15 g/m2. The paper porosity was not altered, indicating that the depositions were conformal. Preliminary tests to investigate the possibility of using the modified paper as a selective membrane for separation of water and organic-polar and non-polar compounds of different chain length were conducted. The non-polar compounds tested were: n-hexane, cyclohexane, heptane, dodecane, benzene and poly(dimethylsiloxane). The polar organic liquids were ethanol, 2-propanol, carbon tetrachloride, acetophenone and phenol. Three types of behaviour were observed: (a) in the case of water/non-polar mixture, the non-polar compound passed through the modified paper whereas water did not; (b) in the case of acetophenone, phenol and carbon tetrachloride, neither the water nor the polar compound percolated through the modified paper; (c) in the case of water/2-propanol or ethanol solution, it was observed that a minimum concentration of alcohol was necessary in order for both the alcohol and water to percolate through the paper; in this case the alcohol percolates first, followed by water.