Room-temperature development of thin film composite reverse osmosis membranes from cellulose acetate with antibacterial properties

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 453, Issue , 2014, Pages 212-220

  Perera, D H N ^a   Nataraj, S K ^a   Thomson, N M ^a   Sepe, A ^a   Huttner S ^a   Steiner, U ^a   Qiblawey, H ^b   Sivaniah, E ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b Qatar University   (Qatar)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Desalination; Nanofiltration; Reverse osmosis; Thin film composite membranes

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING TREATMENTS; ANTIBACTERIAL PROPERTIES; MEMBRANE PERFORMANCE; SIGNIFICANT DETERIORATIONS; SILVER NANOPARTICLES; THIN FILM COMPOSITE MEMBRANES; THIN FILM COMPOSITES; ULTRA-FILTRATION MEMBRANES;

CELLULOSE; COMPOSITE MEMBRANES; DESALINATION; MEMBRANES; NANOFILTRATION; NANOPARTICLES; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; VOLATILE FATTY ACIDS; WATER FILTRATION;

SILVER;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CELLULOSE ACETATE; SILVER NANOPARTICLE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELLIPSOMETRY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FILM; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION SCATTERING; REVERSE OSMOSIS; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SURFACE PROPERTY; SWELLING; ULTRAFILTRATION;

EID: 84888222097     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2013.10.062     Document Type: Article

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