In situ formation of silver nanoparticles on thin-film composite reverse osmosis membranes for biofouling mitigation

Water Research

Volumn 62, Issue , 2014, Pages 260-270

  Ben Sasson, Moshe ^a   Lu, Xinglin ^b   Bar Zeev, Edo ^a   Zodrow, Katherine R ^a   Nejati, Siamak ^a   Qi, Genggeng ^c   Giannelis, Emmanuel P ^c   Elimelech, Menachem ^a  

^a Yale University   (United States)

^b HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c Cornell University   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofouling; Biofouling control; Silver nanoparticles; Thin film composite membranes

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOFOULING; COMPOSITE MEMBRANES; METAL NANOPARTICLES; NANOCOMPOSITE FILMS; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SILVER HALIDES; SILVER NANOPARTICLES; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; THIN FILMS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL ACTIVITY; BIOFOULING CONTROL; FUNCTIONALIZED MEMBRANES; IN-SITU FORMATIONS; SHORT REACTION TIME; SILVER NANOPARTICLES (AGNPS); THIN FILM COMPOSITE MEMBRANES; THIN FILM COMPOSITES;

OSMOSIS MEMBRANES;

NANOCOMPOSITE; REDUCING AGENT; SILVER NANOPARTICLE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; INORGANIC SALT; METAL NANOPARTICLE; SILVER; WATER;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BIOFOULING; MEMBRANE; OSMOSIS; PARTICLE SIZE; PURIFICATION;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BIOFILM; BIOFOULING; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; DISSOLUTION; FILM; HYDROPHILICITY; MEMBRANE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; REVERSE OSMOSIS; REVERSE OSMOSIS MEMBRANE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE PROPERTY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WATER PERMEABILITY; ZETA POTENTIAL; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL COUNT; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; OSMOSIS; PERMEABILITY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; ULTRASTRUCTURE; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BIOFILMS; BIOFOULING; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; METAL NANOPARTICLES; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; OSMOSIS; PERMEABILITY; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; SALTS; SILVER; SURFACE PROPERTIES; WATER;

EID: 84904700508     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2014.05.049     Document Type: Article

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