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Journal of Membrane Science 278 (2006) 261–268 High performance ultrafiltration composite membranes based on poly(vinyl alcohol) hydrogel coating on crosslinked nanofibrous poly(vinyl alcohol) scaffold Xuefen Wang, Dufei Fang, Kyunghwan Yoon, Benjamin S. Hsiao ∗, Benjamin Chu ∗∗ Department of Chemistry, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794-3400, USA Received 2 June 2005; received in revised form 4 November 2005; accepted 4 November 2005 Available online 27 December 2005 Abstract A new kind of high flux ultrafiltration (UF) membrane based on poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) electrospun nanofibrous scaffold support and PVA hydrogel coating has been demonstrated. The long-term performance of such membranes was optimized by a variation of degree of hydrolysis (i.e. 88–99%) and molecular weight (e.g. 13,000–124,000 g/mol) in the electrospun PVA scaffold in conjunction with chemical crosslinking of PVA hydrogel coating. It was found that the electrospun scaffold fabricated by 96% hydrolyzed PVA with relatively high molecular weight (e.g. 85,000–124,000 g/mol) exhibited very good overall mechanical performance before and after crosslinking. A PVA hydrogel coating, fabricated from the same material composition as the electrospun scaffold but different crosslinking conditions, was used as the anti-fouling layer for high-throughput water ultrafiltration. Results indicated that such unique hydrophilic nanofibrous composite membranes exhibited a flux rate (130 L/m2 h) significantly higher than commercial UF membranes but with similar filtration efficiency (rejection rate 99.5%). © 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. Keywords: Poly(vinyl alcohol); Nanofiber; Hydrogel