Microparticle, addition agent and filtering membrane
Provided is an electronic microparticle, including a first copolymer copolymerized from a first monomer and a second monomer or a second copolymer copolymerized from the first monomer, the second monomer and a third monomer. The first monomer includes an alkenyl group and excludes a sulfonic group, a carboxylic group, a hydroxyl group and an amino group. The second monomer includes an alkenyl group and further includes a sulfonic group or a carboxylic group. The third monomer includes an alkenyl group and further includes a hydroxyl group or an amino group. Either the first monomer or the second monomer has a ratio of the repeating units of the first monomer to the repeating units of the second monomer between about 200:1 and 20:1. In addition, an addition agent and a filtering membrane which include the electronic microparticle illustrated above are provided.
1. An electronic microparticle, comprising:
a first copolymer polymerized from a first monomer and a second monomer or a second copolymer polymerized from the first monomer, the second monomer and a third monomer, wherein the first monomer comprises an alkenyl group and excludes a carboxyl group, a sulfonic group, a hydroxyl group and an amino group, the second monomer comprises an alkenyl group and further comprises a carboxyl group or a sulfonic group, and the third monomer comprises an alkenyl group and further comprises a hydroxyl group or an amino group, wherein either the first copolymer or the second copolymer has a ratio of the repeat units of the first monomer to the repeating units of the second monomer between 200:1 and 20:1.
2. The electronic microparticle of claim 1 , wherein the second monomer comprises sodium styrene sulfonate, potassium styrene sulfonate, acrylic acid, methacrylic acid, itaconic acid, maleic acid, fumaric acid, isoprenesulfonic acid, 2-acrylamide-2-methylpropanesulfonic acid, or a combination thereof.
3. The electronic microparticle of claim 1 , wherein the first monomer comprises styrene, methylstyrene, ethylstyrene, divinyl benzene, 1,3-butadiene, isopentadiene, 1,4-hexadiene, vinyl acetate, vinyl stearate, methacrylate, methyl methacrylate, butyl acrylate, 2-ethylhexyl acrylate, glycidyl methacrylate, lauryl acrylate, N,N-dimethylaminoethyl acrylate, vinyl chloride, vinylidene chloride, vinyl bromide, or a combination thereof.
4. The electronic microparticle of claim 1 , wherein the third monomer comprises hydroxyethyl methacrylate, glycerol monomethacrylate, 2-hydroxyethyl acrylate, N-(2-hydroxypropyl)methacrylamide, hydroxypropyl methacrylate, or a combination thereof.
5. The electronic microparticle of claim 1 , wherein the first polymer is:
wherein a is 30 to 200, and b is 1 to 20.
6. The electronic microparticle of claim 1 , wherein the second polymer is
wherein c is 30 to 200, d is 1 to 20, and e is 1 to 20.
7. The electronic microparticle of claim 1 , wherein the electronic microparticle has a particle size of between about 1 nm and about 100 nm.
8. The electronic microparticle of claim 1 , wherein the electronic microparticle has a surface potential of about −1 mV to about −100 mV.
9. An addition agent, comprising:
the electronic microparticle of claim 1 ; and
a polymer assistance, wherein the polymer assistance is poly(allylamine), polyglycols or a combination thereof and has a weight average molecular weight of between 100 and 100000.
10. The addition agent of claim 9 , wherein the electronic microparticle and the polymer assistance are water soluble.
11. The addition agent of claim 9 , wherein the weight ratio of the electronic microparticle to the polymer assistance is about 0.1:1 to 1:0.1.
12. A filtering membrane, comprising:
a copolymer membrane copolymerized from (i) an oil phase monomer including a plurality of acyl halide groups, (ii) a water phase monomer comprising an amino group and (iii) the polymer assistance of claim 9 , wherein the repeat units of the oil phase monomer and the repeat units of the water phase monomer are bonded to each other by an amide bond, and polymer assistance and the repeat units of the oil phase monomer are bonded to each other by an amide bond or an ester bond, and
the electronic microparticles of claim 1 dispersed in the copolymer membrane.
13. The filtering membrane of claim 12 , wherein the electronic microparticles is 0.1 wt % to 20 wt % of the total weight of the filtering membrane.
14. The filtering membrane of claim 12 , wherein the electronic microparticles are dispersed in the copolymer membrane individually when the electronic microparticles are formed of the first copolymer.
15. The filtering membrane of claim 12 , wherein the electronic microparticles are covalently bonded to the copolymer membrane when the electronic microparticles are formed of the second copolymer.
16. The filtering membrane of claim 12 , wherein the oil phase monomer comprises trimesoyl chloride, 1,4-benzenedicarbonyl chloride, isophthaloyl dichloride or a combination thereof.
17. The filtering membrane of claim 12 , wherein the water phase monomer comprises p-phenylenediamine, m-phenylenediamine, 1,4-cyclohexanediamine, N,N-diphenylethylene diamine, trimethyl dipiperidine, m-xylene, carbonyl diamine, 5-methylnonane-1,9-diamine, 2,2′-(ethylenedioxy)bis(ethylamine) or a combination thereof.
18. The filtering membrane of claim 12 , wherein the electronic microparticle has a particle size of between 1 and 100 nm and a surface potential of between about −1 and −100 mV.
19. The filtering membrane of claim 12 , wherein the filtering membrane has a thickness of between about 100 and 500 nm.