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Review
. 2022 Jun 30;12(7):675.
doi: 10.3390/membranes12070675.

Progress for Co-Incorporation of Polydopamine and Nanoparticles for Improving Membranes Performance

Nada Abounahia  1 , Hazim Qiblawey  2 , Syed Javaid Zaidi  1
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Review

Progress for Co-Incorporation of Polydopamine and Nanoparticles for Improving Membranes Performance

Nada Abounahia et al. Membranes (Basel). .

Abstract

Incorporating polydopamine has become a viable method for membrane modification due to its universality and versatility. Fillers in their different categories have been confirmed as effective elements to improve the properties of membranes such as hydrophilicity, permeability, mechanical strength, and fouling resistance. Thus, this paper mainly highlights the recent studies that have been carried out using polydopamine and nanomaterial fillers simultaneously in modifying the performance of different membranes such as ultrafiltration, microfiltration, nanofiltration, reverse osmosis, and forward osmosis membranes according to the various modification methods. Graphene oxide nanoparticles have recently attracted a lot of attention among different nanoparticles used with polydopamine, due to their impressive characteristics impacts on enhancing membrane hydrophilicity, mechanical strength, and fouling resistance. Thus, the incorporation techniques of graphene oxide nanoparticles and polydopamine for enhancing membranes have been highlighted in this work. Moreover, different studies carried out on using polydopamine as a nanofiller for optimizing membrane performance have been discussed. Finally, perspectives, and possible paths of further research on mussel-inspired polydopamine and nanoparticles co-incorporation are stated according to the progress made in this field. It is anticipated that this review would provide benefits for the scientific community in designing a new generation of polymeric membranes for the treatment of different feed water and wastewater based on adhesive mussel inspired polydopamine polymer and nanomaterials combinations.

Keywords: dopamine; membranes; mussel-inspired chemistry; nanoparticles; polydopamine.

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The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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Polydopamine (PDA) formation.
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Two-step modification technique.
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One-step modification technique.
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Simple deposition modification method using PDA-f-NPs.
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Blending (phase inversion) modification method using PDA-f-NPs.
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Embedding PDA-f-NPs into MPD aqueous phase followed by creating PA rejection layer by interfacial polymerization crosslinking method.
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