Transparent exopolymer particles: From aquatic environments and engineered systems to membrane biofouling

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 691-707

  Bar Zeev, Edo ^a   Passow, Uta ^b   Romero Vargas Castrillón, Santiago ^a   Elimelech, Menachem ^a  

^a Yale University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOFOULING; DESALINATION; MEMBRANE FOULING; MEMBRANES; WATER TREATMENT;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS; BIOLOGICAL PROPERTIES; ENGINEERED WATER SYSTEMS; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENTS; MEMBRANE-BASED TECHNOLOGY; OCCURRENCE AND DISTRIBUTION; PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS; TRANSPARENT EXOPOLYMER PARTICLES;

MEMBRANE TECHNOLOGY;

POLYMER; TRANSPARENT EXOPOLYMER PARTICLE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; BIOPOLYMER; GEL; POLYSACCHARIDE; WASTE WATER;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; BIOFOULING; DESALINATION; EXOPOLYMER; POLYSACCHARIDE;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; BIOFOULING; DESALINATION; MEMBRANE TECHNOLOGY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; REVIEW; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; BIOFILM; CHEMISTRY; DEVICES; GEL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MICROBIOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; PROCEDURES; SURFACE PROPERTY; WASTE WATER; WATER MANAGEMENT;

BIOFILMS; BIOFOULING; BIOPOLYMERS; GELS; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYSACCHARIDES; SURFACE PROPERTIES; WASTE WATER; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84921035818     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es5041738     Document Type: Review

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