Synthesis and characterization of novel antibacterial silver nanocomposite nanofiltration and forward osmosis membranes based on layer-by-layer assembly

Water Research

Volumn 47, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 3081-3092

  Liu, Xin ^a,b   Qi, Saren ^a,b   Li, Ye ^a,b   Yang, Liang ^c,d   Cao, Bin ^a,c   Tang, Chuyang Y ^a,b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^d NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Antibacterial activity; Forward osmosis (FO); Layer by layer assembly (LbL); Membrane fabrication; Nanofiltration (NF); Silver nanoparticles (AgNPs)

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FABRICATION; METAL NANOPARTICLES; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOFILTRATION; SILVER COMPOUNDS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

ANTI-BACTERIAL ACTIVITY; FORWARD OSMOSE; FORWARD OSMOSIS; FORWARD OSMOSIS MEMBRANES; LAYER-BY-LAYER ASSEMBLIES; LAYER-BY-LAYER ASSEMBLY; MEMBRANE FABRICATION; NANOFILTRATION; SILVER NANOCOMPOSITES; SILVER NANOPARTICLE (AGNP);

SILVER NANOPARTICLES;

NANOCOMPOSITE; SILVER NANOPARTICLE;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM; FILTRATION; MEMBRANE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OSMOSIS; SILVER;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BIOFOULING; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTACT ANGLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FORWARD OSMOSIS; HYDROPHILICITY; LEACHING; NANOFABRICATION; NANOFILTER; NANOFILTRATION; OSMOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 84876699477     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2013.03.018     Document Type: Article

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