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| author | Zhuang, Jiakun Ma, Long Qiu, Yinghua |
| author_facet | Zhuang, Jiakun Ma, Long Qiu, Yinghua |
| contents | As an important property of porous membranes, the surface charge property determines many ionic behaviors of nanopores, such as ionic conductance and selectivity. Based on the dependence of electric double layers on bulk concentrations, ionic conductance through nanopores at high and low concentrations is governed by the bulk conductance and surface charge density, respectively. Here, through the investigation of ionic conductance inside track-etched single polyethylene terephthalate (PET) nanopores under various concentrations, the surface charge density of PET membranes is extracted as around 0.021 C per m2 at pH 10 over measurements with 40 PET nanopores. Simulations show that surface roughness can cause underestimation in surface charge density due to the inhibited electroosmotic flow. Then, the averaged pore size and porosity of track-etched multipore PET membranes are characterized by the developed ionic conductance method. Through coupled theoretical predictions in ionic conductance under high and low concentrations, the averaged pore size and porosity of porous membranes can be obtained simultaneously. Our method provides a simple and precise way to characterize the pore size and porosity of multipore membranes, especially for those with sub-100 nm pores and low porosities. |
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| spellingShingle | Characterization of the Surface Charge Property and Porosity of Track-etched Polymer Membranes Zhuang, Jiakun Ma, Long Qiu, Yinghua Chemical Physics As an important property of porous membranes, the surface charge property determines many ionic behaviors of nanopores, such as ionic conductance and selectivity. Based on the dependence of electric double layers on bulk concentrations, ionic conductance through nanopores at high and low concentrations is governed by the bulk conductance and surface charge density, respectively. Here, through the investigation of ionic conductance inside track-etched single polyethylene terephthalate (PET) nanopores under various concentrations, the surface charge density of PET membranes is extracted as around 0.021 C per m2 at pH 10 over measurements with 40 PET nanopores. Simulations show that surface roughness can cause underestimation in surface charge density due to the inhibited electroosmotic flow. Then, the averaged pore size and porosity of track-etched multipore PET membranes are characterized by the developed ionic conductance method. Through coupled theoretical predictions in ionic conductance under high and low concentrations, the averaged pore size and porosity of porous membranes can be obtained simultaneously. Our method provides a simple and precise way to characterize the pore size and porosity of multipore membranes, especially for those with sub-100 nm pores and low porosities. |
| title | Characterization of the Surface Charge Property and Porosity of Track-etched Polymer Membranes |
| topic | Chemical Physics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.04920 |