Effect of Polymer Dissolution Temperature and Conditioning Time on the Morphological and Physicochemical Characteristics of Poly(Vinylidene Fluoride) Membranes Prepared by Non-Solvent Induced Phase Separation

Cardoso, V. F.; Botelho, Gabriela; Morão, António; Nunes-Pereira, João; Lanceros-Mendez, Senentxu

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Lanceros-Mendez, Senentxu

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This work reports on the production of poly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF) membranes by non-solvent induced phase separation (NIPS) using N,N-dimethylformamide (DMF) as solvent and water as non-solvent. The influence of the processing conditions in the morphology, surface characteristics, structure, thermal and mechanical properties were evaluated for polymer dissolution temperatures between 25 and 150 C and conditioning time between 0 and 10 min. Finger-like pore morphology was obtained for all membranes and increasing the polymer dissolution temperature led to an increase in the average pore size ( 0.9 and 2.1 m), porosity ( 50 to 90%) and water contact angle (up to 80 ), in turn decreasing the PVDF content ( 67 to 20%) with the degree of crystallinity remaining approximately constant ( 56%). The conditioning time did not significantly affect the polymer properties studied. Thus, the control of NIPS parameters proved to be suitable for tailoring PVDF membrane properties.