RT Journal Article T1 Non-ionic deep eutectic solvents for membrane formation A1 Ismail, Norafiqah A1 Pan, Jun A1 Rahmati, Mahmoud A1 Wang, Qian A1 Bouyer, Denis A1 Khayet Souhaimi, Mohamed A1 Cui, Zhaoliang A1 Tavajohi, Naser AB Deep eutectic solvents (DES) have recently emerged as a new class of inexpensive biodegradable solvents and additives with diverse applications. In this study, a new family of non-ionic deep eutectic solvents (NIDES) is proposed for the first time for membrane preparation. Three types of NIDES, N-methylacetamide-acetamide (DES-1), N-methyl acetamide-N-methyl urea (DES-2), and N-methyl acetamide-N,N & PRIME;-dimethyl urea (DES-3) were synthesized and used to dissolve polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) polymer. The effects of the additive polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) and the type of NIDES on the PVDF membrane characteristics, water permeability and bovine serum albumin (BSA) separation were studied. The membranes prepared with DES-1 and 2 wt% PVP exhibited a good water permeate flux (96.82 L/m(2).h) and a high BSA separation factor (96.32%). High performance PVDF membranes can thus be efficiently prepared using biodegradable inexpensive NIDES. PB Elsevier B. V. SN 0376-7388 YR 2022 FD 2022-03-15 LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/71781 UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/71781 LA eng NO The authors would like to express their appreciation for the financial support of Kempestiftelserna (SMK-1850) and Bio4energy program (B4E3-TM-1-01). The authors would like to express their appreciation for the financial support of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (22078146), the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province (BK20200091), the Jiangsu Province Department of Human Resources and Social Security (JNHB-036), the Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering State Key Laboratory Program (KL19-04) and the Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institution (PAPD). NO Kempestiftelserna NO Bio4energy program NO National Natural Science Foundation of China NO Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province NO Jiangsu Province Department of Human Resources and Social Security NO Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering State Key Laboratory Program NO Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institution (PAPD) DS Docta Complutense RD 6 abr 2025