Biofouling potentials of microporous polysulfone membranes containing a sulfonated polyether-ethersulfone/polyethersulfone block copolymer: Correlation of membrane surface properties with bacterial attachment

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 157, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 117-138

  Knoell, T ^a   Safarik, J ^a   Cormack, T ^a   Riley, R ^b   Lin, S W ^b   Ridgway, H ^a  

^a ORANGE COUNTY WATER DISTRICT   (United States)

^b SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofouling; Membrane preparation and structure; Microfiltration; Microporous and porous membranes; Modified polysulfone membranes

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; BIODEGRADATION; BLOCK COPOLYMERS; CONTACT ANGLE; FOULING; HYDROPHOBICITY; MICROFILTRATION; POLYSULFONES; PORE SIZE; POROSITY; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; VARIATIONAL TECHNIQUES;

BACTERIAL ATTACHMENT; BIOFOULING; MULTIVARIATE METHODS;

POLYMERIC MEMBRANES;

2 PYRROLIDONE DERIVATIVE; CATION; COPOLYMER; POLYETHER; POLYSULFONE; PROPIONIC ACID; SOLVENT; SULFONE DERIVATIVE; URANYL ACETATE;

BACTERIUM; FOULING; MEMBRANE; POLYSULFONE;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CELL ADHESION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRICITY; FLAVOBACTERIUM; HYDROPHOBICITY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MEMBRANE; MICROFILTRATION; MICROPORE FILTER; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE PROPERTY; WATER TRANSPORT;

FLAVOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM;

EID: 0033136460     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0376-7388(98)00365-2     Document Type: Article

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