Enhanced water flux and bacterial resistance in cellulose acetate membranes with quaternary ammoniumpropylated polysilsesquioxane

• Main Authors: Pandey, Ravi P., Kallem, Parashuram, Abdul Rasheed, P., A. Mahmoud, Khaled, Banat, Fawzi, Lau, Woei Jye, Hasan, Shadi W.
• Format: Article
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 2022
• Subjects: TP Chemical technology
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/103153/; http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.133144

An enhanced water flux and anti-fouling nanocomposite ultrafiltration membrane based on quaternary ammoniumpropylated polysilsesquioxane (QAPS)/cellulose acetate (QAPS@CA) was fabricated by in situ sol-gel processing via phase inversion followed by quaternization with methyl iodide (CH3I). Membrane...