Biofouling control by hydrophilic surface modification of polypropylene feed spacers by plasma polymerisation

Desalination

Volumn 335, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 108-118

  Reid, Katherine ^a   Dixon, Mike ^a,b   Pelekani, Con ^a   Jarvis, Karyn ^b   Willis, Mason ^a   Yu, Yang ^c  

^a SA WATER   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c Institute for NanoScale Science and Technology   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biofouling; Desalination; Feed spacer; Hydrophilic; Plasma polymerisation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ATTACHMENT; CONCENTRATION POLARISATION; FEED SPACERS; HYDROPHILIC; HYDROPHILIC SURFACES; MEMBRANE DESALINATION; MEMBRANE SURFACE MODIFICATIONS; SURFACE HYDROPHOBICITY;

BIOFOULING; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; DESALINATION; HYDROPHILICITY; PLASMA APPLICATIONS; PLASMAS; POLYMERS; POLYPROPYLENES; WATER FILTRATION; WATER QUALITY;

PLASMA POLYMERIZATION;

BIOFOULING; DESALINATION; HYDROPHOBICITY; PLASMA; POLARIZATION; POLYMERIZATION; TURBULENCE;

EID: 84892469326     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2013.12.017     Document Type: Article

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