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MATEC Web Conf.
Volume 213, 2018
2018 6th Asia Conference on Mechanical and Materials Engineering (ACMME 2018)
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Article Number | 03001 | |
Number of page(s) | 5 | |
Section | Material Chemistry and Combustion Science | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/matecconf/201821303001 | |
Published online | 15 October 2018 |
Synthesis and Characterization of Polysulfone (PSU)/Philippine Halloysite (PH-HAL) Nanostructured Membrane via Electrospinning
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Mapúa University, School of Chemical, Biological, and Materials Engineering and Sciences, 658 Muralla St., Intramuros Manila, 1002 Philippines
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Industrial Technology Development Institute, Department of Science and Technology, Bicutan, Taguig City, Metro Manila, 1631 Philippines
Membrane technology is widely used in many separation processes because of its multi-disciplinary characteristics. One of the techniques that is used in the fabrication of membranes is the electrospinning process which can create nanofibers from a very wide range of polymeric materials. In this study, electrospun nanostructured fibrous composite membranes of polysulfone (PSU), commercial halloysite (COM-HAL), and Philippine halloysite (PH-HAL) were synthesized. The concentrations of COM-HAL and PH-HAL were both varied from 0.5%, 1%, and 2%. The FTIR results showed that there were changes in the intensity of the PSU-IR spectra which confirmed the presence of COM-HAL and PH-HAL in the synthesized membranes. The SEM revealed that nanofibers can be successfully produced by the addition of LiCl salt in PSU with varying HAL concentrations. Also, it was observed that the addition of HAL with varying concentrations have no significant effect on wettability due to the strong hydrophobic character of the PSU membrane. Moreover, it was found from the analysis of mechanical properties that the tensile strength of the membranes weakened by the addition of HAL due to its weak interaction with PSU.
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