Surface modification of reverse osmosis membranes with zwitterionic coatings: A potential strategy for control of biofouling

Surface and Coatings Technology

Volumn 279, Issue , 2015, Pages 171-179

  Shafi, Hafiz Zahid ^a   Matin, Asif ^a   Khan, Zafarullah ^a   Khalil, Amjad ^a   Gleason, Karen K ^b  

^a KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Antifouling zwitterionic coatings; Molecular force mapping; Reverse osmosis membranes; Surface modification; X ray photoelectron spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

ADHESIVES; BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; BIOFOULING; BIOMOLECULES; BIOPOLYMERS; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; MAMMALS; MAPPING; PLASTIC COATINGS; QUARTZ; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SURFACE TREATMENT; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

ANTIFOULING; BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS; INITIATED CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITIONS; MOLECULAR FORCES; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; QUARTZ CRYSTAL MICROBALANCE WITH DISSIPATION MONITORING; QUATERNIZATION REACTION; ZWITTERIONIC COPOLYMERS;

OSMOSIS MEMBRANES;

EID: 84941711846     PISSN: 02578972     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surfcoat.2015.08.037     Document Type: Article

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