首页|Protein-activated atomic layer deposition for robust crude-oil-repellent hierarchical nano-armored membranes

Protein-activated atomic layer deposition for robust crude-oil-repellent hierarchical nano-armored membranes

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Atomic layer deposition(ALD)offers unique capabilities to fabricate atomically engineered porous mate-rials with precise pore tuning and multi-functionalization for diverse applications like advanced mem-brane separations towards sustainable energy-water systems.However,current ALD technique is inhibited on most non-polar polymeric membranes due to lack of accessible nucleation sites.Here,we report a facile method to efficiently promote ALD coating on hydrophobic surface of polymeric mem-branes via novel protein activation/sensitization.As a proof of concept,TiO2 ALD-coated membranes acti-vated by bovine serum albumin exhibit remarkable superhydrophilicity,ultralow underwater crude oil adhesion,and robust tolerance to rigorous environments including acid,alkali,saline,and ethanol.Most importantly,excellent cyclable crude oil-in-water emulsion separation performance can be achieved.The mechanism for activation/sensitization is rooted in reactivity for a particular set of amino acids.Furthermore,the universality of protein-sensitized ALD is demonstrated using common egg white,promising numerous potential usages in biomedical engineering,environmental remediation,low-carbon manufacturing,catalysis,and beyond.

Membrane separationAtomic layer depositionWater treatmentAntifouling

Xiaobin Yang、Pan Sun、Yajie Wen、Anil U.Mane、Jeffrey W.Elam、Jun Ma、Shaomin Liu、Seth B.Darling、Lu Shao

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MIIT Key Laboratory of Critical Materials Technology for New Energy Conversion and Storage,State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment,School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering,Harbin Institute of Technology,Harbin 150001,China

Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division,Argonne National Laboratory,Lemont IL 60439,USA

Advanced Materials for Energy-Water Systems Energy Frontier Research Center,Argonne National Laboratory,Lemont IL 60439,USA

School of Environment,Harbin Institute of Technol

Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering,University of Chicago,Chicago IL 60637,USA

Department of Physics,University of Illinois at Chicago,Chicago IL 60607,USA

Applied Materials Division,Argonne National Laboratory,Lemont IL 60439,USA

School of Environment,Harbin Institute of Technology,Harbin 150090,China

WA School of Mines:Minerals,Energy and Chemical Engineering,Curtin University,Perth WA 6845,Australia

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National Natural Science Foundation of ChinaNational Natural Science Foundation of ChinaNatural Science Foundation of Heilongjiang Province for Distinguished Young ScholarsHeilongjiang Touyan TeamFundamental Research Funds from the Central Universities of Ministry of Education of ChinaChina National Postdoctoral Program for Innovative TalentsChina Postdoctoral Science FoundationHeilongjiang Postdoctoral FundAustralian Research CouncilAustralian Research CouncilArgonne National Laboratory the Advanced Materials for Energy-Water Systems(AMEWS)CenterEnergy Frontier Research Center funded by DOEOffice of Science,BES under contract DE-AC02-06CH11357

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2024

科学通报(英文版)
中国科学院

科学通报(英文版)

CSTPCD
ISSN:1001-6538
年,卷(期):2024.69(2)
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