Aquatic biofouling prevention by electrically charged nanocomposite polymer thin film membranes

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 2760-2768

  De Lannoy, Charles François ^a   Jassby, David ^c,d   Gloe, Katie ^c,d   Gordon, Alexander D ^b   Wiesner, Mark R ^a  

^a Duke University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c University of California Riverside   (United States)

^d State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARBITRARY WAVEFORM GENERATOR; BACTERIAL ATTACHMENT; CONTROL EXPERIMENTS; ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE; HIGH ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; NANOCOMPOSITE POLYMERS; POLYMER NANOCOMPOSITE; TRIMESOYL CHLORIDE;

BACTERIA; BIOFILMS; BIOFOULING; CARBON NANOTUBES; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; EXPERIMENTS; MICROFILTRATION; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOFILTRATION; POLYMERS; THIN FILMS; WATER FILTRATION;

VAPOR DEPOSITION;

CARBON NANOTUBE; NANOCOMPOSITE; POLYMER;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; BIOFILM; BIOFOULING; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MEMBRANE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; POLYMER; WATER FLOW; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; BIOFILM; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; FILM; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NANOFILTRATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WATER PERMEABILITY;

BIOFILMS; BIOFOULING; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRODES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FILTRATION; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; NANOCOMPOSITES; POLYMERS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 84875360316     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es3045168     Document Type: Article

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