High antibiofouling property of vertically aligned carbon nanotube membranes at a low cross-flow velocity operation in different bacterial solutions

Desalination and Water Treatment

Volumn 57, Issue 50, 2016, Pages 23505-23515

  Lee, Kwang Jin ^a   Cha, Eunji ^a   Park, Hee Deung ^a  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Antibacterial; Biofouling; Carbon nanotube; Membrane; Vertically aligned

Indexed keywords

ANTIFOULING AGENT; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BIOFOULING; BIOREACTOR; CARBON NANOTUBE; MEMBRANE; PERMEABILITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84955081257     PISSN: 19443994     EISSN: 19443986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19443994.2015.1137235     Document Type: Article

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