Fine-Tuning the Surface of Forward Osmosis Membranes via Grafting Graphene Oxide: Performance Patterns and Biofouling Propensity

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 7, Issue 32, 2015, Pages 18004-18016

  Hegab, Hanaa M ^a,b   ElMekawy, Ahmed ^c,d   Barclay, Thomas G ^a   Michelmore, Andrew ^a   Zou, Linda ^a,e   Saint, Christopher P ^a   Ginic Markovic, Milena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b Institute of Advanced Technology and New Materials City of Scientific Research and Technological Applications ^*  (Egypt)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SADAT CITY   (Egypt)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^e KHALIFA UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

antifouling; forward osmosis; grafting; graphene oxide; thin film composite membrane

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINETRIPHOSPHATE; AMINO ACIDS; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BIOFOULING; COMPOSITE MEMBRANES; FILTRATION; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; GRAFTING (CHEMICAL); GRAPHENE; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MEMBRANES; NANOCOMPOSITE FILMS; NANOSHEETS; SURFACE TREATMENT; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; THIN FILMS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANTIFOULING; BIOLUMINESCENCE TESTS; FORWARD OSMOSIS; FORWARD OSMOSIS MEMBRANE; FORWARD OSMOSIS MEMBRANES; GRAPHENE OXIDE NANOSHEET; GRAPHENE OXIDES; THIN FILM COMPOSITE MEMBRANES;

OSMOSIS MEMBRANES;

ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; GRAPHITE; NANOMATERIAL; OXIDE; POLYLYSINE; WATER;

ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BACTERIUM; BIOFOULING; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; SURFACE PROPERTY; THERMOGRAVIMETRY;

BACTERIA; BIOFOULING; GRAPHITE; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; NANOSTRUCTURES; OXIDES; POLYLYSINE; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; SURFACE PROPERTIES; THERMOGRAVIMETRY; WATER;

EID: 84939833254     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b04818     Document Type: Article

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