Surface modification of thin film composite RO membrane for enhanced anti-biofouling performance

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 444, Issue , 2013, Pages 192-200

  Nikkola, Juha ^a   Liu, Xin ^b,c   Li, Ye ^b,c   Raulio, Mari ^a   Alakomi, Hanna Leena ^a   Wei, Jing ^b,c   Tang, Chuyang Y ^b,c  

^a VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Anti adhesion; Antimicrobial; Reverse osmosis (RO) membrane; Thin film composite (TFC) polyamide (PA)

Indexed keywords

ANTI-BIOFOULING PERFORMANCE; ANTIADHESION; ANTIMICROBIAL; ANTIMICROBIAL PERFORMANCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI (E. COLI); POLYHEXAMETHYLENE GUANIDINE HYDROCHLORIDES; POLYVINYL ALCOHOL COATINGS; THIN FILM COMPOSITES;

ADHESION; BACTERIA; BIOFOULING; COATINGS; COMPOSITE COATINGS; CONTACT ANGLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYDROPHILICITY; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

MEMBRANES;

ANTIFOULING AGENT; POLYAMIDE; POLYHEXAMETHYLENE GUANIDINE HYDROCHLORIDE; POLYVINYL ALCOHOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BIOFOULING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION; ENERGY; FILM; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED PHOTOACOUSTIC SPECTROSCOPY; HYDROPHILICITY; MEMBRANE; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; SURFACE PROPERTY;

EID: 84879324509     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2013.05.032     Document Type: Article

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