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Biomimetic gill-inspired membranes with direct-through micropores for water remediation by efficiently removing microplastic particles

Title data

Zhang, Xian ; Li, Hao-Nan ; Zhu, Cheng-Ye ; Huang, Xiao-Jun ; Greiner, Andreas ; Xu, Zhi-Kang:
Biomimetic gill-inspired membranes with direct-through micropores for water remediation by efficiently removing microplastic particles.
In: Chemical Engineering Journal. Vol. 434 (2022) . - 134758.
ISSN 1385-8947
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2022.134758

Project information

Project title:
Project's official title
Project's id
SFB 1357 Mikroplastik
391977956

Project financing: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft

Abstract in another language

Microplastic particles (MPs) have been identified as a potentially emerging threat to water environment and human health. It is thus an urgent challenge to develop facile and efficient methods for removing MPs from surface water and even ground water. Herein, we report a series of biomimetic gill-inspired membranes (BGIMs) with oblique and direct-through micropores for the efficient removal of MPs by the cross-flowing filtration of polluted water. These BGIMs were constructed via a bidirectional freezing method of thermally induced phase separation. They show a tunable oblique pore angle of 85° to 25° and an average pore size of 3.5 μm to 10.5 μm. MPs smaller than the pore size can be rejected via a ricocheted away mechanism. BGIMs with an oblique pore angle of 25° and an average pore size of 10.5 μm can remove 97.6% of MPs (700 nm in diameter) from water by cross-flowing on the membrane surface with a rate of 0.43 or 0.51 m/s. This effectual removal efficiency highlights BGIMs as a promising approach for quickly remediating water from the pollution of MPs.

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Item Type: Article in a journal
Refereed: Yes
Institutions of the University: Faculties > Faculty of Biology, Chemistry and Earth Sciences > Department of Chemistry > Chair Macromolecular Chemistry II > Chair Macromolecular Chemistry II - Univ.-Prof. Dr. Andreas Greiner
Research Institutions > Collaborative Research Centers, Research Unit > SFB 1357 - MIKROPLASTIK
Faculties
Faculties > Faculty of Biology, Chemistry and Earth Sciences
Faculties > Faculty of Biology, Chemistry and Earth Sciences > Department of Chemistry
Faculties > Faculty of Biology, Chemistry and Earth Sciences > Department of Chemistry > Chair Macromolecular Chemistry II
Research Institutions
Research Institutions > Collaborative Research Centers, Research Unit
Result of work at the UBT: Yes
DDC Subjects: 500 Science > 540 Chemistry
600 Technology, medicine, applied sciences > 620 Engineering
Date Deposited: 01 Feb 2022 07:58
Last Modified: 07 Sep 2023 09:18
URI: https://eref.uni-bayreuth.de/id/eprint/68547