非溶剂添加剂对共聚砜铸膜液体系及膜性能与结构的影响

以含二氮杂萘酮结构的新型共聚砜为膜材料 ,通过浊点滴定法和特性粘数的测定研究了几种非溶剂添加剂对铸膜液体系的影响 .并由共聚砜 NMP 添加剂三组分相分离曲线数据计算了共聚砜的Θ溶剂中NMP与添加剂的比例 ,考察了添加剂EGME用量对共聚砜超滤膜结构和性能的影响 .发现当EGME NMP接近Θ组成时膜性能发生突变 ,在EGME NMP低于Θ组成时 ,膜的水通量随添加剂用量的增大而增大 ,截留率基本不变 .     

Synthesis and Characterization of Poly(ether-block-amide) Membranes

Poly(ether-block-amide) membranes were made via casting a solution on a nonsolvent (water) surface. In this research, effects of different parameters such as ratio of solvent mixture (n-butanol/isopropanol), temperature, composition of coagulation bath (water) and polymer concentration, on quality of the thin film membranes were studied. The mechanism of membrane formation involves solution spreading, solvent–nonsolvent exchange, and partial evaporation of the solvent steps. Solvent- nonsolvent exchange is the main step in membrane formation and determines membrane morphology. However, at higher temperature of polymeric solution greater portion of solvent evaporates. The results showed that type of demixing process (mutual affinity between solvent and nonsolvent) has important role in film formation. Also, addition of solvent to the nonsolvent bath is effective on membrane morphology. The film quality enhances with increasing isopropanol ratio in the solvent mixture. This behavior can be related to increasing of solution surface tension, reduction of interfacial tension between solution and nonsolvent and delayed solvent-nonsolvent demixing. Uniform films were made at a temperature rang of 60–80 °C and a polymer concentration of 4–7 wt%. Morphology of the membranes was investigated with scanning electron micrograph (SEM). Pervaporation of ethyl butyrate/water mixtures was studied using these membranes and high separation performance was achieved. For ethyl butyrate/water mixtures, It was observed that both permeation flux and separation factor increase with increasing ethyl butyrate content in the feed. Increasing temperature in limited range studied resulted in decreasing separation factor and increasing permeation flux.     

Morphology of microporous poly(vinylidene fluoride) membranes studied by gas permeation and scanning electron microscopy

Microporous poly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF) membranes with asymmetric pore structure were prepared by a wet phase inversion process. The polymer was precipitated from a casting solution when immersed in a cold water (gelation) bath. The casting solution was, in most cases, composed of polymer, solvent, and nonsolvent. In this solvent-nonsolvent system, the solvents used were triethylphosphate (TEP) and dimethylsulfoxide (DMSO), and the nonsolvents used were glycerol and ethanol. Mean pore sizes and effective porosity of the microporous membranes were calculated using the gas permeation method. They were studied as a function of evaporation time of wet nascent film, polymer molecular weight, concentration of polymer, and concentration of nonsolvent. The morphology of the membranes was examined by scanning electron microscopy (SEM).     

NMR approach to properties of polymeric membranes. Kinetics of membrane formation

Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) is used to characterize properties of polyetherimide membranes obtained from a phase inversion process. At the end of the phase inversion and prior to the subsequent thermal treatments, the membrane is made of a porous structure filled of solvent and nonsolvent molecules embedded in a concentrated polymer–solvent matrix in the glassy state. The confinement of the small solvent and non solvent molecules in the porous system leads to a restriction of their mobility. The kinetics of membrane formation is observed from NMR. It is found that the penetration of non-solvent and the propagation of the glassy phase into the system obey simple diffusion laws. © 1993 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

Membrane formation and structure development by dry-cast process

The various types of porous membranes were prepared by dry-cast process in several cellulose acetate/acetone/nonsolvent systems. The nonsolvents used were 2-methyl-2,4-pentanediol, hexanol and octanol. Because of the high boiling points of the nonsolvents used in this work, only the solvent (acetone) evaporated during the membrane formation. The effects of the nonsolvent weight fraction in the cast solution, the polymer weight fraction, membrane thickness and kinds of the nonsolvents on the membrane structures were studied. As the nonsolvent weight fraction increased, the membrane morphology changed in the order of entirely dense, asymmetric and entirely porous structures. The increase in the polymer weight fraction and the decrease in the membrane thickness suppressed the asymmetric structures. These kinds of nonsolvents significantly influenced the membrane morphology.In order to understand the change of the obtained membrane structures, the phase diagrams for ternary systems were clarified experimentally and theoretically. Moreover, the mass transfer process was analyzed and the changes in the polymer volume fractions during the membrane formation were simulated. Based on both these thermodynamic and kinetic properties, the membrane structures obtained were discussed in detail. The asymmetrc structures obtained in this work were found to be attributable to the kinetic difference in the increase rates of the polymer fractions across the binodal line.     

Selection criteria for solvent and coagulation medium in view of macrovoid formation in the wet phase inversion process

Sponge‐like and finger‐like structures are two distinct membrane structures commonly observed in membranes produced by the wet immersion process. An index Φ calculated solely from solubility parameters was defined as an indicator of the membrane structure. The Φ values of four polymers, poly(methyl metharylate), polysulfone, cellulose acetate, and poly(vinylidene fluoride), in various solvent‐nonsolvent pairs were calculated and compared with the corresponding membrane structures. It was found that the finger‐like structure often occurred at higher Φ values. Although the Φ value represents mostly the thermodynamics nature of a system, as an index for prior selection of solvent‐nonsolvent pairs for a particular polymer, a general rule of thumb was developed. Taking 15% polymer concentration and 300 μm casting thickness as a referential casting condition, selecting solvent‐nonsolvent pairs with Φ values higher than 0.25 is suggested, when a finger‐like structure is desired. The polymer concentration in the casting solution and the casting thickness will also affect the membrane structure. If a higher polymer concentration needs to be used, selection of a polymer‐solvent‐nonsolvent system with a Φ value much higher than 0.25 is suggested, or keeping the casting thickness lower than 300 μm to obtain a finger‐like membrane structure. © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci B: Polym Phys 37: 1495–1502, 1999     

Modeling of asymmetric membrane formation by dry-casting method

Many polymeric membranes are produced by phase inversion technique invented by Loeb and Sourirajan in 1962. The dry-casting method is one of the major phase inversion techniques in which a homogeneous polymer solution consisting of solvent(s) and nonsolvent(s) is cast on a support and then evaporation of the casting solution takes place under convective conditions. In this paper, we model membrane formation by the dry-casting method. The model takes into account film shrinkage, evaporative cooling, coupled heat, and mass transfer and incorporates practical and reliable diffusion theory as well as complex boundary conditions especially at the polymer solution/air interface. The predictions from the model provide composition paths, temperature, and thickness of the solution. By plotting the composition paths on the ternary phase diagram, we ascertain the general structural characteristics of the membranes prepared from particular casting conditions. The predictive ability of the model was evaluated by comparing the results with the experimental data obtained from gravimetric measurements for cellulose acetate (CA)–acetone–water system. In an attempt to illustrate the importance of diffusion formalism on the predictions, recently proposed multicomponent diffusion theory and its simplified forms were utilized in the model. The computational results show that the critical factor for capturing the accurate behavior of membrane formation is the diffusion formalism utilized in the model.     

Control of the porosity of asymmetric TPX membranes

In the present work, the effect of adding nonsolvent in the casting solution on the porosity of asymmetric TPX (poly(4-methyl-1-pentene)) membranes was systematically investigated. A series of alcohols, with carbon number ranging from 2 to 14, was added in the casting solution (TPX/cyclohexane) to alter the porosity of two types of asymmetric TPX membranes, prepared by using ethanol and 1-propanol as the coagulation medium. It was found that the effect of nonsolvent on membrane porosity is different for the two types of membranes and the difference can be reasoned by considering the exchange rate between the polymer solvent and the coagulation medium during membrane formation. The results indicate that, for the membrane formation system with low exchange rate between coagulant and solvent, the membrane porosity is controlled by the coagulation value, defined as the volume of coagulant required to demix the casting solution. On the other hand, for the system with high exchange rate, the membrane porosity is not controlled by the coagulation value but by the penetration speed of the coagulant front moving through the casting solution.     

Poly(acrylonitrile) ultrafiltration membranes. II. Membrane morphology and permeation characteristics

The rheology and phase‐boundary characteristics of various solutions comprising three polyacrylonitrile (PAN) grades dissolved in solutions of N,N‐dimethylformamide + salt (LiCl, ZnCl₂, or AlCl₃) additives were correlated with the resulting membrane morphology as determined by microscopy and permeability measurements. The phase separation characteristics of the dope solution were not markedly affected by the PAN molecular weight (MW); however, they were affected by the salt additive. For higher MW grades, the effect of salt addition can also be masked by the increased self‐association tendency of the polymer chains. PAN‐B and ‐C membranes were clearly less asymmetric in structure than the lower MW PAN‐A–based membranes. This is attributed to the higher viscosity/lower diffusivity of the PAN‐B and ‐C solutions, which results in slower solvent–nonsolvent exchange during the phase inversion process. Two factors reduce the incidence of surface defects (increased bubble points): (a) higher solution viscosity dampens surface perturbations during phase inversion, and (b) phase inversion pathways resulting in more homogenous morphology lead to membranes with higher bubble points. © 2005 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part B: Polym Phys 43: 2074–2085, 2005     

Membrane formation by isothermal precipitation in polyamide-formic acid-water systems I. Description of membrane morphology

Aliphatic polyamides (Nylon-66 and a Nylon-6, -66, -610 terpolymer) were isothermally precipitated from formic acid solution by immersing in an aqueous nonsolvent bath or a solvent/nonsolvent mixture. Depending on the composition of the polymer solution and nonsolvent bath, phase separation by nucleation and growth can be initiated for a liquid-liquid phase separation process, a crystallization process or a combined process. Under certain conditions, crystallization of Nylon-66 results in a membrane with a uniform skinless microporous structure that was rapidly wetted by water. In contrast, liquid-liquid phase separation produces a polyamide film with largely unconnected cellular voids that is as a result not wetted by water. © 1995 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

Kinetics of thermally induced phase separation in ternary polymer solutions. I. Modeling of phase separation dynamics

Simulations based on Cahn–Hilliard spinodal decomposition theory for phase separation in thermally quenched polymer/solvent/nonsolvent systems are presented. Two common membrane‐forming systems are studied, cellulose acetate [CA]/acetone/water, and poly(ethersulfone) [PES]/dimethylsulfoxide [DMSO]/water. The effects of initial polymer and nonsolvent composition on the structure‐formation dynamics are elucidated, and growth rates at specific points within the ternary phase diagram are quantified. Predicted pore growth rate curves exhibit a relative maximum with nonsolvent composition. For shallow quenches (lower nonsolvent content) near a phase boundary, the pore growth rate increases with increasing quench depth, whereas for deep quenches, where the composition of the polymer‐rich phase approaches that of a glass, the pore growth rate decreases with increasing quench depth. With increasing initial polymer concentration, the overall rate of structure growth is lowered and the growth rate maximum shifts to higher nonsolvent compositions. This behavior appears to be a universal phenomenon in quenched polymer solutions which can undergo a glass transition, and is a result of an interplay between thermodynamic and kinetic driving forces. These results suggest a mechanism for the locking‐in of the two‐phase structure that occurs during nonsolvent‐induced phase inversion. © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci B: Polym Phys 37: 1449–1460, 1999     

酚酞基聚芳醚砜非对称超滤膜凝胶动力学研究

采用耐高温工程塑料——含酚酞侧基的聚芳醚砜(PES-C)为膜材料,草酸和聚乙二醇为添加剂,N,N-二甲基乙酰胺为溶剂,并利用改进的凝胶动力学实验装置和方法,使之能真实地再现不同膜孔结构生长及发展演化的过程,借助相关软件对图像进行处理,考察了添加剂、聚合物浓度对铸膜液凝胶速度的影响,对酚酞基聚芳醚砜非对称膜的凝胶过程的动力学进行研究.结果表明,动力学图像与最终膜结构有很好的一致性,凝胶动力学方面得到了与Strathman等不同的研究结果,发现凝胶前锋位移的平方与时间不是线性关系,凝胶动力学过程不能简单地用Fick扩散定律来描述.     

Influence of binary interactions on phase behavior of water/ dimethylsulfoxide/ polyethersulfone casting solution: Thermodynamic modeling

Prediction and control of membrane morphology using multi‐phase thermodynamic knowledge are of growing interest. The water/dimethylsulfoxide/polyethersulfone ternary system is a widely used casting dope for the preparation of MF, UF, and NF membranes. In the current study, Flory–Huggins (F–H) model was applied to predict the behavior of this ternary system during phase inversion. Titration method was applied to generate cloud point data. The prediction accuracy of the F–H model was directly dependent on the binary interactions of the system components. The compressible regular solution (CRS) model predicts the binodal location using only the pure component properties as the input parameters. Accordingly, the influence of binary parameters on the location of the binodal curves was investigated. The predicted binodal points showed superior accordance with the experimental data, where the binary interaction between nonsolvent (water) and solvent (DMSO) was overlooked. In addition, the modelling results emphasized on the pivotal importance of the interactions between polymer (PES) and nonsolvent (water) on the phase inversion and thus, on the control of the membrane morphology. The CRS model offered a greater conformity with the experimental results in comparison with the F–H theory. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Computer‐Aided Estimation of Diffusion Coefficients in Non‐Solvent/Polymer Systems

A novel method for estimating the mutual and self‐diffusion coefficients of a non‐solvent/polymer system is proposed in this work. The idea is to study the evaporation process from non‐solvent/solvent/polymer systems as a one‐dimensional numerical experiment and to use polymer solution weight versus time data to fit the unknown parameters of the diffusion‐coefficient correlations based on free‐volume theory. For this purpose, the evaporation process is modeled as a coupled heat‐ and mass‐transfer problem with a moving boundary, and the Galerkin finite‐element method is used to solve simultaneously the non‐linear governing equations. This method is successfully applied to the estimation of water–cellulose acetate diffusion coefficients and is valid over the whole range of temperatures and concentrations for practical applications in membrane technology. Additionally, there is a detailed discussion on if water affects the morphology of the final cellulosic membrane by studying the concentration profiles of the constituents of the casting solution.     

链段刚性对非溶剂致相分离成膜过程影响的耗散粒子动力学模拟

通过分子动力学(MD)模拟映射方法构建了符合聚醚砜(PES)刚性结构的耗散粒子动力学(DPD)简谐力场, 并研究了PES链段刚性对PES/N-甲基-2-吡咯烷酮(NMP)/水体系非溶剂致相分离(NIPS)过程的影响. 结果表明, 由于非溶剂和溶剂在两相界面上发生的质量交换, 导致在相界面处PES链段发生堆积, 形成了薄而致密的聚合物表层, 在PES溶液内部, 由于非溶剂的侵入导致体系发生了旋节相分离, 从而在整体上得到了明显的非对称结构; 同时, PES链段刚性的提升能够明显加快体系的相分离速度, 导致相界面处的PES薄层形成得更加快速, 薄层更加致密、 孔径更小, 而对内部的疏松结构影响较小; 此外, 结合不同力场下聚合物浓度对相分离过程的影响可以发现, 不同PES浓度下, 链段刚性的提升对相分离过程的特征和演变趋势没有造成根本性的影响, 与经典的弹簧力场的模拟结果在整体趋势上有相似性. 研究结果表明, 简谐力场能提升PES链段的刚性, 从而能更真实地模拟实际体系的非溶剂相分离法成膜过程.     

Crystallization of polylactic acid under in situ deformation during nonsolvent‐induced phase separation

In this study, we investigate polylactic acid (PLA) crystallization under in situ biaxial extension in a nonsolvent‐induced phase separation foaming process. Our ternary system consists of PLA, dichloromethane (DCM) as solvent and hexane as nonsolvent. For the first time, the formation of a shish‐kebab crystalline morphology is observed in such a solution‐based foaming process in certain solid–liquid phase separated systems. The formation of shish‐kebabs is described based on the coil‐stretch transition concept. The rapid biaxial deformation caused by macropore growth uniaxially stretches the long chains that are tied with at least two single crystals which eventually leads to the formation of shish structures throughout the polymer‐rich phase. The kebab lamellae then form perpendicularly on the shish cores. The scanning electron microscopy (SEM) observations and our interpretation of the crystallization phenomena are confirmed by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) analysis. The observation of various crystalline morphologies, particularly shish‐kebabs, and the elucidation of their formation mechanisms contribute to the understanding of phase separation and pore growth as well as crystallization in such polymer–solvent–nonsolvent systems. © 2017 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Polym. Sci., Part B: Polym. Phys. 2017 , 55, 1055–1062     

Solvent-Polymer Interaction. II. Measurements of Liquid Solvent Molecules Associating with Polymer Sites and of Their Transport Behavior in Polymer Membrane by Thermogravimetry,GLC, and Mass Spectrometry

The measurement of sorption and diffusion behavior of liquid ethanol and water solvent mixtures in polyurethane membrane were made simultaneously by thermogravimetry. The individual amounts of sorbed water and ethanol in the polymer membrane were estimated by thermogravimetry and differentiated by mass spectrometry. In addition, from a single dynamic thermogravimetric experiment the activation energy for solvent molecules desorbing from the polymer membrane was also determined. The thermodynamic activity of ethanol vapor in equilibrium with the ethanol-water-polyurethane system was determined by gas-liquid chromatography. The clustering functions, the mean numbers of solvent molecules in the clusters, and those associating with polymer sites were evaluated by applying simplified mathematical derivatives using the experimentally determined values of activity and volume fraction of solvent molecules. It was found that at lower ethanol concentration the tendency for ethanol molecules to cluster together is high. At higher ethanol activity, ethanol-polymer site interactions predominantly occurred.

Similar results were observed for ethanol-water molecules. However, water molecules in this particular system did not exhibit a self-associating tendency nor interact with the polymer sites. It was concluded that the Zimm-Lundberg clustering theory can be adequately applied to the interpretation of sorption and diffusion behavior of liquid ethanol-water mixtures in the polymer membrane.     

添加剂对PVDF相转化过程及膜孔结构的影响

研究了PVP、PEG及LiCl 3种成孔添加剂下PVDF DMAc H2 O 添加剂体系的成膜机理 .无论那种添加剂的铸膜液相转换成膜过程中都存在凝胶分相和液液分相两种相变方式 ,在 30～ 6 0℃时凝胶分相在较低的非溶剂浓度下先于液液分相发生 ,LiCl作为添加剂较PEG、PVP对铸膜液有较强的致凝胶作用 ,成膜过程中凝胶分相段时间依PVP、PEG、LiCl的顺序延长 ,导致液液分相初始分相点处聚合物浓度增大 ,阻止了大孔结构的充分发展 .制得的膜依PVP、PEG、LiCl的顺序有效孔隙率和通量降低 ,结晶度升高 .以LiCl为添加剂制得的膜几乎不改变PVDF膜的疏水性 ,而以PVP或PEG为添加剂的膜隔水压差降低约 2 0kPa .     

Solid scintillation proximity membranes: I: Characterization of polysulfone-inorganic fluor morphologies precipitated from NMP solutions

Solid scintillation proximity membranes were prepared by coagulation of polysulfone polymer solutions containing cerium-activated yttrium silicate particles (CAYS) as a fluor. Membranes were formed by three different solidification processes: precipitation of the polymer-rich phase after liquid–liquid phase separation, vitrification via solvent evaporation, or rapid polymer collapse due to fast exchange between solvent in the solution and nonsolvent in the coagulation bath. The results indicate that when the coagulation process includes the liquid–liquid phase separation due to nucleation of the polymer-lean phase, the inorganic fluor particles are expressed out of the polymer-rich phase and separated from the polymer matrix. On the contrary, solidification by the vitrification of the polymer solution through solvent evaporation results in the inorganic fluors being surrounded by the polymer matrix, much like the dispersed state in the solution. In contrast, rapid collapse of the polymer also induces entrapment of the fluor in the polymer structure. However, fluor impregnation in the polymer matrix is distinguished from that in the vitrified membrane in that the impregnation is due to localized impingement of the fluor on the polymer structure rather than envelopment by polymer molecules.     

制膜条件对PVDF膜形态结构的影响

对干湿相转换法制备聚偏氟乙烯微孔膜进行了研究。利用光透射仪研究了不同制膜条件下成膜分相速度及其变化规律，用气体渗透法测定了膜的平均孔径和有效孔隙率，并结合电镜照片对不同制膜条件下膜的结构和性能进行了表征。实验结果表明较低的铸膜液温度和凝胶浴温度、较短的蒸发时间和较低聚合物浓度有利于增加膜的有效孔隙率。在铸膜液中加入非溶剂是提高膜性能的一种手段，但非溶剂的加入量需足够大，以抵消铸膜液温度提高引起的相反的效应。