A step forward to a more efficient wastewater treatment by membrane surface modification via polymerizable bicontinuous microemulsion

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 482, Issue , 2015, Pages 103-114

  Galiano, Francesco ^a   Figoli, Alberto ^a   Deowan, Shamim Ahmed ^b   Johnson, Daniel ^c   Altinkaya, Sacide Alsoy ^d   Veltri, Lucia ^e   De Luca, Giorgio ^a   Mancuso, Raffaella ^e   Hilal, Nidal ^c,f   Gabriele, Bartolo ^e   Hoinkis, Jan ^b  

^a INSTITUTE ON MEMBRANE TECHNOLOGY   (Italy)

^b KARLSRUHE UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

^c SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d IZMIR INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Turkey)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

^f HAMAD BIN KHALIFA UNIVERSITY   (Qatar)

Author keywords

Membranes; Polymerizable bicontinuous microemulsions; Polymerizable surfactants; Surface modification; Water treatment

Indexed keywords

COATINGS; COMPOSITE MEMBRANES; HYDROPHILICITY; MEMBRANES; MICROEMULSIONS; MORPHOLOGY; PLATING; RECLAMATION; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; SURFACE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT;

ANTI-MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BICONTINUOUS MICROEMULSION; COMMERCIAL MEMBRANES; MEMBRANE SURFACE MODIFICATIONS; NANOSTRUCTURED COATINGS; POLYETHERSULFONE MEMBRANE; POLYMERIC MATRICES; POLYMERIZABLE SURFACTANT;

MEMBRANE TECHNOLOGY;

ACRYLOYLOXYUNDECYLTRIETHYLAMMONIUM BROMIDE; BROMIDE; NANOCOATING; POLYETHERSULFONE; SURFACTANT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BIOFOULING; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; COMPOSITE MATERIAL; CONTACT ANGLE; HYDROPHILICITY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LEACHING; MATERIAL COATING; MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MEMBRANE TECHNOLOGY; MICROEMULSION; MORPHOLOGY; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE PROPERTY; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER PERMEABILITY;

EID: 84924873580     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2015.02.019     Document Type: Article

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