PMID- 35893451
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
LR  - 20220731
IS  - 2077-0375 (Print)
IS  - 2077-0375 (Electronic)
IS  - 2077-0375 (Linking)
VI  - 12
IP  - 8
DP  - 2022 Jul 26
TI  - Hydrophilization of Hydrophobic Mesoporous High-Density Polyethylene Membranes 
      via Ozonation.
LID - 10.3390/membranes12080733 [doi]
LID - 733
AB  - This work addresses hydrophilization of hydrophobic mesoporous membranes based on 
      high-density polyethylene (HDPE) via ozonation. Mesoporous HDPE membranes were 
      prepared by intercrystallite environmental crazing. Porosity was 50%, and pore 
      dimensions were below 10 nm. Contact angle of mesoporous membranes increases from 
      96 degrees  (pristine HDPE) to 120 degrees  due to the formation of nano/microscale surface 
      relief and enhanced surface roughness. The membranes are impermeable to water 
      (water entry threshold is 250 bar). The prepared membranes were exposed to 
      ozonation and showed a high ozone uptake. After ozonation, the membranes were 
      studied by different physicochemical methods, including DSC, AFM, FTIR 
      spectroscopy, etc. Due to ozonation, wettability of the membranes was improved: 
      their contact angle decreased from 120 degrees  down to 60 degrees , and they became permeable to 
      water. AFM micrographs revealed a marked smoothening of the surface relief, and 
      the FTIR spectra indicated the development of new functionalities due to 
      ozonolysis. Both factors contribute to hydrophilization and water permeability of 
      the ozonated HDPE membranes. Hence, ozonation was proved to be a facile and 
      efficient instrument for surface modification of hydrophobic mesoporous HDPE 
      membranes and can also provide their efficient sterilization for biomedical 
      purposes and water treatment.
FAU - Tyubaeva, Polina M
AU  - Tyubaeva PM
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-4217-2022
AD  - Academic Department of Innovative Materials and Technologies, Plekhanov Russian 
      University of Economics, Stremyanny Per. 36, 117997 Moscow, Russia.
AD  - Department of Biological and Chemical Physics of Polymers, Emanuel Institute of 
      Biochemical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, ul.Kosygina 4, 119334 Moscow, 
      Russia.
FAU - Tyubaev, Mikhail A
AU  - Tyubaev MA
AD  - Academic Department of Innovative Materials and Technologies, Plekhanov Russian 
      University of Economics, Stremyanny Per. 36, 117997 Moscow, Russia.
FAU - Podmasterev, Vyacheslav V
AU  - Podmasterev VV
AD  - Department of Biological and Chemical Physics of Polymers, Emanuel Institute of 
      Biochemical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, ul.Kosygina 4, 119334 Moscow, 
      Russia.
FAU - Bolshakova, Anastasia V
AU  - Bolshakova AV
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-1688-6953
AD  - Faculty of Chemistry, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskiye Gory 1/3, 
      119991 Moscow, Russia.
FAU - Arzhakova, Olga V
AU  - Arzhakova OV
AD  - Faculty of Chemistry, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskiye Gory 1/3, 
      119991 Moscow, Russia.
LA  - eng
GR  - 075-15-2020-794/Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian 
      Federation/
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20220726
PL  - Switzerland
TA  - Membranes (Basel)
JT  - Membranes
JID - 101577807
PMC - PMC9330096
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - high-density polyethylene
OT  - hydrophilization
OT  - mesoporous membanes
OT  - ozonation
OT  - surface modification
COIS- The authors declare no conflict of interest.
EDAT- 2022/07/28 06:00
MHDA- 2022/07/28 06:01
PMCR- 2022/07/26
CRDT- 2022/07/27 05:00
PHST- 2022/06/15 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2022/07/21 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2022/07/22 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2022/07/27 05:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2022/07/28 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2022/07/28 06:01 [medline]
PHST- 2022/07/26 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - membranes12080733 [pii]
AID - membranes-12-00733 [pii]
AID - 10.3390/membranes12080733 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - Membranes (Basel). 2022 Jul 26;12(8):733. doi: 10.3390/membranes12080733.