Chemical Research in Chinese Universities ›› 2017, Vol. 33 ›› Issue (4): 678-683.doi: 10.1007/s40242-017-6423-4

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Antibacterial Cellulose Composite Membranes Prepared in Ionic Liquid via Phase Inversion Method

GAO Shenghan, GAO Ruichang   

  1. School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, P. R. China
  • Received:2016-10-13 Revised:2017-03-17 Online:2017-08-01 Published:2017-05-08
  • Contact: GAO Ruichang E-mail:tjugaorc@sina.com

Abstract:

Antibacterial cellulose/TiO2 nanoparticles(CTM), cellulose/ZnO nanoparticles(CZM) and cellulose/chitosan(CCM) composite membranes were successfully prepared using ionic liquid(IL), 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride([BMIM]Cl), via phase inversion while[BMIM]Cl was recycled through evaporation and used to prepare cellulose membrane(CM-RILs). The pure water flux(PWF) was significantly increased via adding TiO2, ZnO and chitosan to cellulose and a perfect retention value of 67000 bovine serum albumin(BSA) was achieved in all the prepared membranes. The bacterial reduction of cellulose/TiO2 membrane, cellulose/ZnO membrane and cellulose/chitosan membrane with a blend ratio of 10:3[m(cellulose):m(additive)] was the maximum and reached 100%, 100% and 97.2% for S. aureus and 100%, 99.8% and 97.0% for E. coli, respectively. The results demonstrate that cellulose/TiO2 membrane, cellulose/ZnO membrane and cellulose/chitosan membrane can act as good antibacterial materials in water treatment, medical treatment, food industry as well as other applications.

Key words: Cellulose, Ionic liquid, TiO2 nanoparticle, ZnO nanoparticle, Chitosan