Abstract Polyethersulfone has been widely used as a promising material in medical applications and waste-treatment membranes since it provides excellent mechanical and thermal properties. Hydrophobicity of polyethersulfone is considered one main disadvantage of using this material because hydrophobic surface causes biofouling effects to the membrane which is always thought to be a serious limitation to the use of polyethersulfone in membrane technology. Chemical modification to the material is a promising solution to this problem. More specifically surface modification is an excellent technique to introduce hydrophilic properties and functional groups to the polyethersulfone membrane surface. This review covers chemical modifications of the polyethersulfone and covers different methods used to enhance the hydrophilicity of polyethersulfone membrane. In particular, the addition of amino functional groups to polyethersulfone is used as a fundamental method either to introduce hydrophilic properties or introduce nanomaterials to the surface of polyethersulfone membrane. This work reviews also previous research reports explored the use of amino functionalized polyethersulfone with different nanomaterials to induce biological activity and reduce fouling effects of the fabricated membrane.

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改性聚醚砜膜：小评论

摘要 聚醚砜由于具有优异的机械和热性能，已被广泛用作医疗应用和废物处理膜的有前途的材料。聚醚砜的疏水性被认为是使用这种材料的一个主要缺点，因为疏水表面会对膜造成生物污染效应，这一直被认为是聚醚砜在膜技术中使用的严重限制。对材料进行化学改性是解决这个问题的一个有前途的方法。更具体地说，表面改性是一种将亲水性和官能团引入聚醚砜膜表面的出色技术。这篇综述涵盖了聚醚砜的化学改性，并涵盖了用于增强聚醚砜膜亲水性的不同​​方法。特别是，向聚醚砜添加氨基官能团被用作引入亲水性或将纳米材料引入聚醚砜膜表面的基本方法。这项工作还回顾了之前的研究报告，探讨了使用氨基官能化聚醚砜和不同的纳米材料来诱导生物活性和减少制造的膜的污染效应。