RT info:eu-repo/semantics/article T1 Morphological, chemical and electrical characterization of a family of commercial nanofiltration polyvinyl alcohol coated polypiperazineamide membranes A1 Otero Fernández, A. A1 Díaz, Paola Andrea Borda A1 Otero, José Antonio A1 Ibáñez, Raquel A1 Maroto Valiente, Ángel A1 Palacio Martínez, Laura A1 Prádanos del Pico, Pedro Lourdes A1 Carmona del Río, Francisco Javier A1 Hernández Giménez, Antonio K1 Nanofiltration K1 Nanofiltración K1 Surface charge K1 Carga superficial K1 Surface morphology K1 Morfología superficial K1 Wettability K1 Mojabilidad AB Three AFC membranes from PCI, of the thin film composite (TFC) nanofiltration type, have been characterized by using XPS, AFM, Contact angles, Zeta potential and permeation experiments. This plethora of complimentary methods portrays a deep and exhaustive description of these membranes that could be used to tune fabrication and modification of nanofiltration membranes to get better properties.Morphological properties, including porosity, water permeability, fractal dimension, Wenzel parameter and roughness, correlate well with pore sizes. While functional characteristics as, for example wettability correlate well with the O/N ratio. Increasing O/N ratios should be interpreted as caused by increasing PVA coverages.The charge on the membrane’s surface is ordered in a different way for different pH but are quite similar anyway. The effect of charges on retention of 1:1, 1:2 and 2:1 salts (as tested with NaCl, Na2SO4 and CaCl2) increases with increasing O/N and wettability. Consequently, the trend of salt retentions can be explained in terms of the PVA coverage and the details of the amphoteric behavior of the three AFC membranes studied. PB Elsevier SN 0014-3057 YR 2020 FD 2020 LK https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/48931 UL https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/48931 LA eng NO European Polymer Journal, 2020, vol. 126, 109544 NO Producción Científica DS UVaDOC RD 04-dic-2024