Polyethersulfone (PES)-silver composite UF membrane: Effect of silver loading and PVP molecular weight on membrane morphology and antibacterial activity

Desalination

Volumn 273, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 72-80

  Basri, H ^a,b   Ismail, A F ^a   Aziz, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITI TUN HUSSEIN ONN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Antibacterial; Composites; Polyethersulfone silver; Polyvinylpyrrolidone

Indexed keywords

AG PARTICLES; ANTI-BACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBACTERIAL; ANTIBACTERIAL AGENT; BACTERIA REMOVAL; COMPOSITES; DISPERSANTS; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X-RAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI (E. COLI); FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; HIGH CONCENTRATION; INDUCTIVE-COUPLED PLASMA; MEMBRANE MORPHOLOGY; PARTICLE ENTRAPMENT; PHASE-INVERSION METHOD; POLY VINYL PYRROLIDONE; POLYETHERSULFONES; POLYVINYL PYROLLIDONE; SILVER COMPOSITES; SILVER LOADING; SILVER NITRATES; UF MEMBRANES; UNIFORM DISTRIBUTION; XPS;

COMPOSITE MEMBRANES; ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FIELD EMISSION; FLEXIBLE STRUCTURES; MASS SPECTROMETERS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEMBRANE STRUCTURES; MICROFILTRATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WATER FILTRATION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

SILVER;

COMPOSITE; MEMBRANE; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILVER; X-RAY DIFFRACTION; X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 79953102701     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2010.11.010     Document Type: Article

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