Highly Chlorine-Tolerant Polymers for Desalination

Angewandte Chemie International EditionVolume 47, Issue 32 p. 6019-6024 Communication Highly Chlorine-Tolerant Polymers for Desalination† Ho Bum Park Prof., Ho Bum Park Prof. hbpark@ulsan.ac.kr School of Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering, University of Ulsan, Ulsan 680-749 (South Korea), Fax: (+82) 52-259-1689Search for more papers by this authorBenny D. Freeman Prof., Benny D. Freeman Prof. freeman@che.utexas.edu Department of Chemical Engineering, Center for Energy and Environmental Resources, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78758 (USA), Fax: (+1) 512-471-7060Search for more papers by this authorZhong-Bio Zhang Dr., Zhong-Bio Zhang Dr. Macromolecules and Interfaces Institute and Chemistry Department, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA 24061 (USA)Search for more papers by this authorMehmet Sankir Dr., Mehmet Sankir Dr. Macromolecules and Interfaces Institute and Chemistry Department, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA 24061 (USA) Current address: Nanotechnology and Membrane Science Laboratory, TOBB University of Economics and Technology, Ankara (Turkey)Search for more papers by this authorJames E. McGrath Prof., James E. McGrath Prof. jmcgrath@vt.edu Macromolecules and Interfaces Institute and Chemistry Department, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA 24061 (USA)Search for more papers by this author Ho Bum Park Prof., Ho Bum Park Prof. hbpark@ulsan.ac.kr School of Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering, University of Ulsan, Ulsan 680-749 (South Korea), Fax: (+82) 52-259-1689Search for more papers by this authorBenny D. Freeman Prof., Benny D. Freeman Prof. freeman@che.utexas.edu Department of Chemical Engineering, Center for Energy and Environmental Resources, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78758 (USA), Fax: (+1) 512-471-7060Search for more papers by this authorZhong-Bio Zhang Dr., Zhong-Bio Zhang Dr. Macromolecules and Interfaces Institute and Chemistry Department, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA 24061 (USA)Search for more papers by this authorMehmet Sankir Dr., Mehmet Sankir Dr. Macromolecules and Interfaces Institute and Chemistry Department, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA 24061 (USA) Current address: Nanotechnology and Membrane Science Laboratory, TOBB University of Economics and Technology, Ankara (Turkey)Search for more papers by this authorJames E. McGrath Prof., James E. McGrath Prof. jmcgrath@vt.edu Macromolecules and Interfaces Institute and Chemistry Department, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA 24061 (USA)Search for more papers by this author First published: 22 July 2008 https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.200800454Citations: 201 † This work was supported by the Office of Naval Research (ONR) (N00014-05-1-0771 and N00014-05-1-077) and the National Science Foundation/Partnerships for Innovation (PFI) Program (IIP-0650277). We acknowledge the CSIRO Water for a Healthy Country, Advanced Membrane Technologies Cluster. We thank Dr. Steve Kloos of GE Water and Dr. Bill Mickols of Dow Water Solutions for kindly providing microporous polysulfone support and commercial RO membranes, respectively. Read the full textAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditWechat Abstract Get the salt out: Conventional polyamide desalination membranes suffer from low chlorine tolerance, leading to short membrane life. Using newly synthesized sulfonated copolymers prepared by direct copolymerization of disulfonated monomer, chlorine-tolerant desalination membranes (see picture) showing high flux and high salt rejection were developed. Citing Literature Volume47, Issue32July 28, 2008Pages 6019-6024 RelatedInformation