Role of Reverse Divalent Cation Diffusion in Forward Osmosis Biofouling

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 49, Issue 22, 2015, Pages 13222-13229

  Xie, Ming ^a,b   Bar Zeev, Edo ^a,c   Hashmi, Sara M ^a   Nghiem, Long D ^b   Elimelech, Menachem ^a  

^a Yale University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^c BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOFILMS; CALCIUM; COMPOSITE MEMBRANES; DIFFUSION; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IONS; LIGHT SCATTERING; MAGNESIUM; METAL IONS; OSMOSIS; POSITIVE IONS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

BIOFILM ARCHITECTURE; BIOFILM COMPOSITION; EXTRACELLULAR POLYMERIC SUBSTANCES; HYDRODYNAMIC RADIUS; POLYAMIDE MEMBRANES; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STATIC LIGHT SCATTERING; THIN FILM COMPOSITES;

BIOFOULING;

CALCIUM CHLORIDE; CHLORINE; DIVALENT CATION; MAGNESIUM CHLORIDE; POLYAMIDE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; NYLON; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY; WATER;

BIOFILM; BIOFOULING; CATION; CHEMICAL BONDING; EXOPOLYMER; LIGHT SCATTERING; MAGNESIUM; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; OSMOSIS; PERMEABILITY;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; BIOFOULING; COMPLEX FORMATION; DIFFUSION; FORWARD OSMOSIS; HYDRODYNAMICS; LIGHT SCATTERING; NONHUMAN; OSMOSIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WATER TRANSPORT; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; CHEMISTRY; DEVICES; DRUG EFFECTS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RADIATION SCATTERING; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY; WATER MANAGEMENT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

BIOFILMS; BIOFOULING; CALCIUM CHLORIDE; CATIONS, DIVALENT; CHLORINE; DIFFUSION; MAGNESIUM CHLORIDE; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; NYLONS; OSMOSIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SOLUTIONS; WATER; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84947287306     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5b02728     Document Type: Article

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