Reverse osmosis membranes surface-modified using an initiated chemical vapor deposition technique show resistance to alginate fouling under cross-flow conditions: Filtration & subsequent characterization

Desalination

Volumn 379, Issue , 2016, Pages 108-117

  Matin, A ^a   Shafi, H ^a   Wang, M ^b   Khan, Z ^a   Gleason, K ^b   Rahman, F ^a  

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

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Copolymer films; Flux decline; Foulant layer; Membrane fouling; Reverse osmosis

Indexed keywords

ALGINATE; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; DEPOSITION; FIELD EMISSION MICROSCOPES; FILTRATION; FOULING; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MEMBRANE FOULING; MEMBRANES; MICROFILTRATION; PLASTIC COATINGS; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE TREATMENT; VAPOR DEPOSITION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

ANTIFOULING CHARACTERISTICS; ATTENUATED TOTAL REFLECTANCE; COPOLYMER FILMS; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FLUX DECLINE; FOULANT LAYER; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRA REDS; INITIATED CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITIONS;

OSMOSIS MEMBRANES;

ALGINATE; ANTIFOULING; FILM; FILTRATION; FOULING; MEMBRANE; POLYMER; PURIFICATION;

EID: 84947235387     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2015.11.003     Document Type: Article

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