Surface hydrophilic modification of RO membranes by plasma polymerization for low organic fouling

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 369, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 420-428

  Zou, L ^a   Vidalis, I ^a,b   Steele, D ^a   Michelmore, A ^a   Low, S P ^a   Verberk, J Q J C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Hydrophilicity; Membrane fouling; Plasma polymerization; RO membranes; Surface modification

Indexed keywords

ANTIFOULING; ANTIFOULING PROPERTY; DEPOSITION EXPERIMENTS; DIMETHYL ETHERS; FLUX DECLINE; FLUX RECOVERY; HYDROPHILIC MODIFICATION; HYDROPHILIC POLYMERS; MEMBRANE PERFORMANCE; MODIFIED MEMBRANES; ORGANIC FOULING; PERMEATION EXPERIMENTS; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS (PEG); PROTEIN SOLUTION; RO MEMBRANE; SALT REJECTIONS; SINGLE-STEP; SURFACE MODIFICATION; TRIETHYLENE GLYCOL; WATER CONTACT ANGLE MEASUREMENT; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOL (PEG);

ANGLE MEASUREMENT; CONTACT ANGLE; ETHERS; EXPERIMENTS; FUELS; HYDROPHILICITY; MEMBRANE FOULING; MEMBRANES; MICROFILTRATION; PLASMA DEPOSITION; PLASMA POLYMERIZATION; PLASMAS; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; POLYETHYLENE OXIDES; POLYETHYLENES; POLYMERS; REVERSE OSMOSIS; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; PHOTOELECTRONS; SURFACE TREATMENT;

PERMEATION;

ALGINIC ACID; ANTIFOULING AGENT; BOVINE SERUM ALBUMIN; MACROGOL DERIVATIVE; TRIETHYLENE GLYCOL; TRIGLYME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; SODIUM CHLORIDE; WATER;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BIOFOULING; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CONTACT ANGLE; FLOW KINETICS; FOULING CONTROL; FOULING PREVENTION; HYDROPHILICITY; LOW ORGANIC FOULING; MATERIAL COATING; MEMBRANE FILTER; MEMBRANE TECHNOLOGY; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; PLASMA POLYMERIZATION; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE OSMOSIS; REVERSE OSMOSIS MEMBRANE; SURFACE PROPERTY; WATER PERMEABILITY; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; CLEANING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; PROTEIN POLYMERIZATION; REDUCTION;

EID: 79251605062     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2010.12.023     Document Type: Article

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