A comprehensive review on surface modified polymer membranes for biofouling mitigation

Desalination

Volumn 356, Issue , 2015, Pages 187-207

  Kochkodan, Victor ^a   Hilal, Nidal ^a,b  

^a HAMAD BIN KHALIFA UNIVERSITY   (Qatar)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coating; Desalination; Low biofouling composite membranes; Membrane biofouling; Nanoparticles; Surface grafting

Indexed keywords

BIOFOULING; CHEMICAL CLEANING; COATINGS; DESALINATION; GRAFTING (CHEMICAL); MEMBRANES; NANOPARTICLES; WATER QUALITY;

INTERFACIAL POLYMERIZATION; MEMBRANE BIOFOULING; MEMBRANE SEPARATION; MEMBRANE SURFACE PROPERTIES; OPERATING PRESSURE; PRESSURE DRIVEN MEMBRANES; PROTECTIVE LAYERS; SURFACE GRAFTING;

COMPOSITE MEMBRANES;

BIOFOULING; COATING; DESALINATION; GRAFTING; MEMBRANE; POLYMER;

EID: 84916601747     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2014.09.015     Document Type: Review

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