Surface modification of UF membranes with functionalized MWCNTs to control membrane fouling by NOM fractions

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 492, Issue , 2015, Pages 400-411

  Bai, Langming ^a   Liang, Heng ^a   Crittenden, John ^b   Qu, Fangshu ^a   Ding, An ^a   Ma, Jun ^a   Du, Xing ^a   Guo, Shaodong ^a   Li, Guibai ^a  

^a HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Drinking water treatment; Functionalized multi wall carbon nanotubes; Membrane fouling; NOM fractions; Surface modification

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BODY FLUIDS; CARBON; COATINGS; MEMBRANE FOULING; MEMBRANES; POTABLE WATER; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; SURFACE TREATMENT; THERMOMECHANICAL PULPING PROCESS; WATER TREATMENT; YARN;

BOVINE SERUM ALBUMINS; FUNCTIONALIZED; FUNCTIONALIZED MULTI-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES; NATURAL ORGANIC MATTERS; NOM FRACTIONS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; TRANSMEMBRANE PRESSURES; ULTRAFILTRATION MEMBRANES;

MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN);

ALGINIC ACID; BOVINE SERUM ALBUMIN; HUMIC ACID; MACROGOL; MULTI WALLED NANOTUBE; NATURAL ORGANIC MATTER;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; FOULING CONTROL; MEMBRANE; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MODIFIED ULTRAFILTRATION; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE PROPERTY;

EID: 84934270434     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2015.06.006     Document Type: Article

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