Facile synthesis of imprinted submicroparticles blend polyvinylidene fluoride membranes at ambient temperature for selective adsorption of methyl p-hydroxybenzoate

Abstract

We developed a simple phase inversion technique to prepare molecularly imprinted membrane (MIM) at room temperature for membrane selective adsorption and separation of methyl p-hydroxybenzoate (M4HB). The prepared SMIP-MIM was characterized by SEM, FT-IR, TGA. Compared with non-imprinted membrane (NIM1-5) adsorbent, SMIP-MIM1-5 adsorbent with high specific surface area and showed higher binding capacity, faster kinetic and better selectively adsorption capacity for M4HB. The maximum isotherm adsorption capacity for M4HB of SMIP-MIM4 was 3.519mg·g−1, and the experimental data was well fitted to the slips model by multiple analysis. The maximum kinetic adsorption capacity and equilibrium adsorption time for SMIP-MIM4 were 1.335mg·g−1 and 160 min, respectively. The mechanism for dynamic adsorption of M4HB onto SMIP-MIM4 was found to follow pseudo-first-order model and pseudo-second-order model. Additionally, the permeability separation factor of SMIP-MIM4 for M4HB compared to a structural analogues methyl 2-hydroxybenzoate (M2HB) could reach 2.847. The adsorption capacity of SMIP-MIM4 for M4HB and M2HB was 0.549mg·cm−2 and 1.563mg·cm−2, respectively. The adsorption behavior of M4HB through SMIP-MIM4 followed the retarded permeation mechanism.