In situ surface chemical modification of thin-film composite forward osmosis membranes for enhanced organic fouling resistance

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 21, 2013, Pages 12219-12228

  Lu, Xinglin ^a   Romero Vargas Castrillón, Santiago ^b   Shaffer, Devin L ^b   Ma, Jun ^a   Elimelech, Menachem ^b  

^a HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b Yale University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESION FORCE MEASUREMENTS; FORWARD OSMOSIS MEMBRANES; INDUSTRIAL PROCESSS; POLYAMIDE ACTIVE LAYERS; SURFACE CHARACTERIZATION; SURFACE CHEMICAL MODIFICATIONS; SYNTHETIC WASTE WATER; WASTEWATER EFFLUENTS;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CARBOXYLATION; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; EFFLUENTS; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MEMBRANE FOULING; PHOTOELECTRONS; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

MEMBRANES;

ALGINIC ACID; MACROGOL; POLYAMIDE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; COLLOID; GLUCURONIC ACID; HEXURONIC ACID; NYLON; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY;

BIOFILM; BIOFOULING; COMPOSITE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MEMBRANE; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; OSMOSIS; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BIOFOULING; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; COMPOSITE MATERIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; OSMOSIS; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; ZETA POTENTIAL; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; CHEMISTRY; COLLOID; ENVIRONMENT; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY; SURFACE PROPERTY;

ALGINATES; BIOFOULING; COLLOIDS; ENVIRONMENT; GLUCURONIC ACID; HEXURONIC ACIDS; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; NYLONS; OSMOSIS; SOLUTIONS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 84887899085     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es403179m     Document Type: Article

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