eprintid: 15227 rev_number: 2 eprint_status: archive userid: 1 dir: disk0/00/01/52/27 datestamp: 2023-11-10 03:29:50 lastmod: 2023-11-10 03:29:50 status_changed: 2023-11-10 01:58:58 type: article metadata_visibility: show creators_name: Ikhsan, S.N.W. creators_name: Yusof, N. creators_name: Nawi, N.I.M. creators_name: Bilad, M.R. creators_name: Shamsuddin, N. creators_name: Aziz, F. creators_name: Ismail, A.F. title: Halloysite nanotube-ferrihydrite incorporated polyethersulfone mixed matrix membrane: Effect of nanocomposite loading on the antifouling performance ispublished: pub keywords: Additives; Emulsification; Kaolinite; Mammals; Membrane fouling; Membranes; Morphology; Nanocomposites; Nanotubes; Surface morphology; Wastewater treatment; Water filtration; Water treatment, Antifouling performance; Antifouling property; Bovine serum albumins; Heterogeneous surface; Hydrophilic nanoparticles; Membrane filtrations; Mixed matrix membranes; Water and wastewater treatments, Microfiltration note: cited By 9 abstract: Membrane filtration is an attractive process in water and wastewater treatment, but largely restricted by membrane fouling. In this study, the membrane fouling issue is addressed by devel-oping polyethersulfone (PES)-based mixed matrix membranes (MMMs) with the incorporation of hydrophilic nanoparticles as an additive. Ultrafiltration MMMs were successfully fabricated by incorporating different loadings of halloysite nanotube-ferrihydrates (HNT-HFO) into a polyethersul-fone (PES) matrix and their performance was evaluated for the separation of bovine serum albumin (BSA) solution and oil/water emulsion. The results show that wettability is endowed to the membrane by introducing the additive aided by the presence of abundant-OH groups from the HFO. The loading of additive also leads to more heterogeneous surface morphology and higher pure water fluxes (516.33�640.82 L/m2h) more than twice that of the pristine membrane as reference (34.69 L/m2h) without affecting the rejection. The MMMs also provide much enhanced antifouling properties. The filtration results indicate that the flux recovery ratio of the modified membrane reached 100 by washing with only distilled water and a total flux recovery ratio of >98 ± 0.0471 for HNT-HFO-loaded membranes in comparison with 59 ± 0.0169 for pristine PES membrane. © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. date: 2021 publisher: MDPI AG official_url: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85100058637&doi=10.3390%2fpolym13030441&partnerID=40&md5=31ea8a229284aae73c434f5a61bf6253 id_number: 10.3390/polym13030441 full_text_status: none publication: Polymers volume: 13 number: 3 pagerange: 1-15 refereed: TRUE issn: 20734360 citation: Ikhsan, S.N.W. and Yusof, N. and Nawi, N.I.M. and Bilad, M.R. and Shamsuddin, N. and Aziz, F. and Ismail, A.F. (2021) Halloysite nanotube-ferrihydrite incorporated polyethersulfone mixed matrix membrane: Effect of nanocomposite loading on the antifouling performance. Polymers, 13 (3). pp. 1-15. ISSN 20734360