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

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

doi:10.1016/j.scib.2023.12.001

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

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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Abstract

Atomic layer deposition (ALD) offers unique capabilities to fabricate atomically engineered porous materials with precise pore tuning and multi-functionalization for diverse applications like advanced membrane 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 membranes via novel protein activation/sensitization. As a proof of concept, TiO₂ ALD-coated membranes activated 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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	218-226
Number of pages	9
Journal	Science Bulletin
Volume	69
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scib.2023.12.001
State	Published - Jan 30 2024
Externally published	Yes

Funding

Shaomin Liu is currently an adjunct professor at Curtin University. He was the recipient of an ARC Future Fellowship (2013−2017) and an ARC Australian Research Fellowship (2008−2012). His research interest includes inorganic membranes for gas separation, membrane reactors for gas reaction, nanoporous materials, solid oxide fuel cells, bioceramics, nanoparticles for antimicrobial property and water treatment. This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (22178076 and 22111530113), the Natural Science Foundation of Heilongjiang Province for Distinguished Young Scholars (JQ2020B001), Heilongjiang Touyan Team (HITTY-20190033), and Fundamental Research Funds from the Central Universities of Ministry of Education of China. X.Y. was supported by the China National Postdoctoral Program for Innovative Talents (BX2021089), China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (2021M701001), and Heilongjiang Postdoctoral Fund (LBH-Z21056). S. Liu acknowledged the financial support provided by the Australian Research Council (DP180103861 and IH170100009). Work at Argonne National Laboratory was supported by the Advanced Materials for Energy-Water Systems (AMEWS) Center, an Energy Frontier Research Center funded by DOE, Office of Science, BES under contract DE-AC02-06CH11357.

Funders	Funder number
Advanced Materials for Energy-Water Systems
Heilongjiang Touyan Team	HITTY-20190033
U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Science
Basic Energy Sciences	DE-AC02-06CH11357
Heilongjiang Postdoctoral Science Foundation	LBH-Z21056
Australian Research Council	DP180103861, IH170100009
National Natural Science Foundation of China	22178076, 22111530113
Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China
China Postdoctoral Science Foundation	2021M701001
Natural Science Foundation of Heilongjiang Province	JQ2020B001
National Postdoctoral Program for Innovative Talents	BX2021089
Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities

Keywords

Antifouling
Atomic layer deposition
Membrane separation
Water treatment

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