Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, Vol.363, No.2, 676-681, 2011
Fabrication of superhydrophilic poly(styrene-alt-maleic anhydride)/silica hybrid surfaces on poly(vinylidene fluoride) membranes
Superhydrophilic organic/inorganic hybrid surfaces have been fabricated on blend membranes of poly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF) and poly(styrene-alt-maleic anhydride) (SMA). The blend membranes were prepared from PVDF/SMA mixed solution with N,N-dimethylacetamide (DMAc) as solvent by immersion-precipitation phase inversion process. The gained blend membranes were immersed into gamma-aminopropyltriethoxysilane (APTS) solution to generate SMA/silica hybrid surfaces by the reaction between anhydrides and APTS. The hybrid surfaces chemical compositions, morphologies and hydrophilicity were investigated in detail. It demonstrates that the hybrid surfaces possess micro-nano hierarchical structure and display superhydrophilicity property and good stability. Finally, the reaction and formation mechanism of the superhydrophilicity hybrid surface was discussed. (C) 2011 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Keywords:Poly(vinylidene fluoride);Poly(styrene-alt-maleic anhydride);Membrane;Superhydrophilicity;Silica;Hybrid