Polydimethylsiloxane membrane extraction

LLE, liquid-liquid extraction MAE, microwave-assisted extraction SEE, solid-phase extraction SPME, solid-phase microextraction LPME, liquid-phase microextraction SOME, single-drop microextraction D-LLLME, dynamic liquid-liquid-liquid microextraction SEE, supercritical fluid extraction MIP, molecularly imprinted polymers sorbent SPMD, device for semipermeable membrane extraction PDMS, polydimethylsiloxane coated fiber PA, polyacrylate coated fiber CW-DMS, Carbowax-divinylbenzene fiber PDMS-DVB, polydimethylsiloxane divinylbenzene fiber CAR-PDMS, Carboxen-polydimethylsiloxane coated fiber DVB-CAR-PDMS, divinylbenzene Carboxen-polydimethylsiloxane coated fiber CW-TPR, Carbowax-template resin HS-SPME, headspace solid-phase microextraction MA-HS-SPME, microwave-assisted headspace-solid-phase microextraction HEM, porous hollow fiber membrane PEl-PPP, polydydroxylated polyparaphenylene. 

Membranes can be classified as porous and nonporous based on the structure or as flat sheet and hollow fiber based on the geometry. Membranes used in pervaporation and gas permeation are typically hydrophobic, nonporous silicone (polydimethylsiloxane or PDMS) membranes. Organic compounds in water dissolve into the membrane and get extracted, while the aqueous matrix passes unextracted. The use of mircoporous membrane (made of polypropylene, cellulose, or Teflon) in pervaporation has also been reported, but this membrane allows the passage of large quantities of water. Usually, water has to be removed before it enters the analytical instrument, except when it is used as a chemical ionization reagent gas in MS [50], It has been reported that permeation is faster across a composite membrane, which has a thin (e.g., 1 pm) siloxane film deposited on a layer of microporous polypropylene [61],... 

A PV process characterized by excellent separation efficiency nsing a membrane that comprised an elastomeric polymer matrix containing zeolite was patented by Hennepe et al. (1990). A preferred group of such elastomeric polymers are silicone rubbers, especially polysiloxane rubbers and in particular polydimethylsiloxane rubber the nitrilebutadiene rubbers (NBR) polyisobutylene, and the polyisoprene, and styrenebutadiene copolymer rubbers. Zeolites were incorporated into the membranes to make them as hydrophobic as possible. These membranes were particularly suitable for the separation of hydrocarbons, alcohols, esters, ethers, and amines from aqueous solutions containing these impurities by PV. PDMS is the most well-known membrane material for the extraction of VOC from aqueous waste stream by PV. Although it is quite permeable and selective to many VOCs in water, its selectivity can be improved further with appropriate zeolite fillers. Such improvement may be needed for polar solutes such as aroma and fermentation products, whose high value makes the PV process attractive. 

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