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  • Title: Antibacterial nanocellulose membranes coated with silver nanoparticles for oil/water emulsions separation.
    Author: Peng K, Huang Y, Peng N, Chang C.
    Journal: Carbohydr Polym; 2022 Feb 15; 278():118929. PubMed ID: 34973747.
    Abstract:
    The superhydrophilic/underwater superoleophobic nanocellulose-based membranes show great potential in oil/water emulsion separation. However, nanocellulose composed of polysaccharides inevitably suffered from bacterial erosion during use or storage, resulting in structural damage or reduced separation efficiency. In this work, silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) as effective bactericidal materials are uniformly deposited on tunicate cellulose nanocrystals (TCNCs) by in situ hydrothermal reduction of silver nitrate. TCNCs not only act as reducing agents for silver ions, but also work as dispersant and stabilizers of AgNPs. Nanocomposite membranes are fabricated by vacuum-assisted filtrating of AgNPs@TCNC suspension, which exhibit nanoporous structure, superhydrophilicity, and underwater superoleophobicity. These membranes could efficiently separate oil/water microemulsion with water flux (>324 L m-2 h-1 bar-1) and oil rejection (>99%). Importantly, these membranes show excellent antibacterial efficacy against E. coli and S. aureus, benefiting to their long-term use and storage.
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