376251

Effect of microwave treatment on morphological and separation characteristics of polysulfone hemodialysis hollow fiber membranes

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Last updated: 11 May 2025

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Polymer chemistry

Abstract

Polysulfone is a widely used polymer for hemodialysis membranes. Improving polysulfone membrane hemocompatibility and removing toxins are highly desirable for the quality of life of the dialysis patient. The main objective of this work is the investigation of a novel dual post treatment approach comprising the effect of microwave treatment on hydrogen peroxide-treated polysulfone hollow fiber (PS HF) membranes. Microwave treatment of fibers impregnated with magnesium chloride was adopted. The morphology, structure, and surface properties of the membranes were comprehensively characterized using scanning electron microscopy, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, contact angle and zeta potential measurements. The mechanical properties of the treated fibers were also investigated. The performance of the studied membranes was evaluated in terms of pure water permeability and sieving coefficients of urea and creatinine. Results indicated that membrane mechanical properties and hydrophilicity could be enhanced using microwave treatment while maintaining a stable chemical structure. The hollow fiber membrane mean pore size decreased by (4.5-66%) for both microwave and combined treatments, while no significant change was observed on membrane average porosity. After fibers were subjected to MW treatment (3-7% MgCl2), there was a slight variation in the urea and creatinine sieving coefficients and a considerable alteration in permeability. Microwave post-treatment in wet conditions could be applied as a useful technique for tuning hemodialysis PS HF membranes.

DOI

10.21608/ejchem.2024.298237.9880

Keywords

Hemodialysis, polysulfone, hollow fiber membrane, microwave, post-treatment

Authors

First Name

Aya

Last Name

Mohamed

MiddleName

Naguib

Affiliation

Chemical Engineering and Pilot Plant Department, National Research Centre

Email

ayanaguib17@gmail.com

City

Dokki

Orcid

0000-0003-4880-0966

First Name

Heba

Last Name

Hani

MiddleName

Ahmed

Affiliation

Chemical Engineering and Pilot Plant Department, National Research Centre

Email

hi_heba2@yahoo.com

City

Giza, Egypt

Orcid

0000-0003-0901-2537

First Name

Shadia

Last Name

Tewfik

MiddleName

Ragheb

Affiliation

Chemical Engineering and Pilot Plant Department, National Research Centre

Email

shadiatewfik@yahoo.com

City

Giza

Orcid

-

First Name

Reem

Last Name

Ettouney

MiddleName

Sayed

Affiliation

Chemical Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt

Email

rettouney@hotmail.com

City

Giza

Orcid

0000-0002-1975-2670

First Name

Mahmoud

Last Name

El-Rifai

MiddleName

Abd El Hakim

Affiliation

Chemical Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt

Email

mahmoud@elrifai.net

City

Giza

Orcid

0000-0002-6566-0734

Volume

68

Article Issue

4

Related Issue

53790

Issue Date

2025-04-01

Receive Date

2024-06-20

Publish Date

2025-04-01

Page Start

447

Page End

461

Print ISSN

0449-2285

Online ISSN

2357-0245

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376,251

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297

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Publication Title

Egyptian Journal of Chemistry

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https://ejchem.journals.ekb.eg/

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Effect of microwave treatment on morphological and separation characteristics of polysulfone hemodialysis hollow fiber membranes

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11 May 2025