Impact of ZnO embedded feed spacer on biofilm development in membrane systems

Water Research

Volumn 47, Issue 17, 2013, Pages 6628-6638

  Ronen, Avner ^a   Semiat, Raphael ^a   Dosoretz, Carlos G ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Biofouling; Feed spacer; Membrane separation; Water treatment; Zinc oxide nanoparticles

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOFILMS; BIOFOULING; CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); EMBEDDED SYSTEMS; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; LAMINAR FLOW; MEMBRANE TECHNOLOGY; NANOPARTICLES; POLYPROPYLENE OXIDES; POLYPROPYLENES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SONOCHEMISTRY; WATER TREATMENT; ZINC OXIDE; ZNO NANOPARTICLES;

CONFOCAL LASER SCANNING MICROSCOPY IMAGING; FEED SPACERS; MEMBRANE SEPARATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT CUTOFF; MONOLAYER STRUCTURES; SPIRAL WOUND MEMBRANES; ULTRA-FILTRATION MEMBRANES; ZINC OXIDE NANOPARTICLES;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; NANOPARTICLE; POLYPROPYLENE; POLYSULFONE; ZINC OXIDE;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BIOFILM; BIOFOULING; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MEMBRANE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OXIDE; POLYMER; ULTRAFILTRATION; WATER TREATMENT; ZINC;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BACTERIAL CELL; BIOFILM; BIOFOULING; CELL STIMULATION; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; LAMINAR FLOW; MEMBRANE; MEMBRANE FILTER; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRAFILTRATION; WATER TREATMENT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA;

BIOFOULING; FEED SPACER; MEMBRANE SEPARATION; WATER TREATMENT; ZINC OXIDE NANOPARTICLES;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BIOFILMS; BIOFOULING; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; POLYMERS; POLYPROPYLENES; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; SULFONES; ULTRAFILTRATION; ZINC; ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 84886096598     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2013.08.036     Document Type: Article

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