Hydrophilic, bactericidal nanoheater-enabled reverse osmosis membranes to improve fouling resistance

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 7, Issue 21, 2015, Pages 11117-11126

  Ray, Jessica R ^a   Tadepalli, Sirimuvva ^a   Nergiz, Saide Z ^a   Liu, Keng Ku ^a   You, Le ^a   Tang, Yinjie ^a   Singamaneni, Srikanth ^a   Jun, Young Shin ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

biofouling; gold nanostars; graphene oxide; mineral scaling; organic fouling; reverse osmosis membranes

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOFOULING; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOULING; GOLD; GRAPHENE; HYDROPHILICITY; MEMBRANES; MINERALS; NANOSHEETS; ORGANIC ACIDS; REVERSE OSMOSIS; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT;

COMPLEMENTARY TECHNIQUES; GOLD NANOSTARS; GRAPHENE OXIDE NANOSHEET; GRAPHENE OXIDES; MEMBRANE SURFACE MODIFICATIONS; MINERAL SCALING; ORGANIC FOULING; SEMI-PERMEABLE MEMBRANES;

OSMOSIS MEMBRANES;

ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; GOLD; HUMIC SUBSTANCE; MACROGOL DERIVATIVE; METAL NANOPARTICLE;

ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; CHEMICAL PHENOMENA; CHEMISTRY; DEVICE FAILURE ANALYSIS; DEVICES; DISINFECTION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FILTRATION; HEATING; HUMIC SUBSTANCE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OSMOSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WATER MANAGEMENT;

DISINFECTION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FILTRATION; GOLD; HEATING; HUMIC SUBSTANCES; HYDROPHOBIC AND HYDROPHILIC INTERACTIONS; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; METAL NANOPARTICLES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OSMOSIS; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84930681760     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am509174j     Document Type: Article

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