蛋白质对PVDF超滤膜污染行为的界面微观作用力解析

采用原子力显微镜,结合自制微颗粒探针,对膜-污染物及污染物-污染物间微观作用力进行了检测分析,考察了不同p H条件下牛血清蛋白(BSA)在不同界面特性PVDF超滤膜上的膜污染行为.结果表明,在膜过滤初期,通量剧烈衰减主要由BSA和膜之间黏附力作用导致,在膜过滤后期,BSA与BSA之间的黏聚作用则是影响后期膜污染行为的主要因素;PA膜-BSA和PP膜-BSA之间的黏附作用力均大于BSA-BSA之间的黏聚作用力,说明在整个膜过滤过程中,BSA与PVDF超滤膜之间的黏附作用对膜污染起主导作用;相同p H条件下,PA膜-BSA之间的微观作用小于PP膜-BSA之间的相互作用力,说明亲水性较强的PA膜具有较强的抗污染性;而PA膜和PP膜过滤后期BSA-BSA之间黏聚力相差不大,也进一步说明膜过滤过程中膜-污染物之间的微观作用力是影响膜污染行为的主要因素.

Adhesion Force Analysis of Protein Fouling of PVDF Ultrafiltration Membrane Using Atomic Force Microscope

To determine the fouling behavior of bovine serum albumin (BSA) on different hydrophilic PVDF ultrafiltration membrane over a range of pH, atomic force microscopy (AFM) and self-made colloidal probes were used to detect the microscopic adhesion forces of membrane-BSA and BSA-BSA, respectively. The results showed a positive correlation between the flux decline extent and the membrane-foulant adhesion force in the initial filtration stage, whereas the foulant-foulant interaction force was closely related to the membrane fouling in the later filtration stage. Moreover, the membrane-BSA adhesion interaction was stronger than the BSA-BSA adhesion interaction, which indicated that the fouling was mainly caused by the adhesion interaction between membrane and foulant. At the same pH, the adhesion force between PA membrane-BSA was smaller than that of PP membrane-BSA, illustrating the more hydrophilic the membrane was, the better the antifouling ability it had. The adhesion force between BSA-BSA fouled PA membrane was similar to that between BSA-BSA fouled PP membrane. These results confirmed that elimination of the membrane-BSA adhesion force is important to control the protein fouling of membranes.