Organic Fouling of Graphene Oxide Membranes and Its Implications for Membrane Fouling Control in Engineered Osmosis

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 685-693

  Hu, Meng ^a   Zheng, Sunxiang ^b   Mi, Baoxia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b 109 McLaughlin Hall   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; FOULING; GRAPHENE; MEMBRANE FOULING; OSMOSIS; OSMOSIS MEMBRANES;

ADSORPTION CAPABILITY; ANTIFOULING PERFORMANCE; ANTIFOULING PROPERTY; CHARACTERISTIC PROPERTIES; EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE; HIGH ADSORPTION CAPACITY; IRREVERSIBLE FOULING; PRESSURE RETARDED OSMOSIS (PRO);

MEMBRANES;

GRAPHENE OXIDE; NANOSHEET; POLYAMIDE; POLYELECTROLYTE; PROPERTIES POLYAMIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; GRAPHITE; NANOMATERIAL; OXIDE;

ADSORPTION; ALGINATE; ANTIFOULING; ASYMMETRY; BIOFOULING; HYDROCARBON; HYDROPHOBICITY; MEMBRANE; ORGANIC NITROGEN COMPOUND; OSMOSIS; POROUS MEDIUM; PROTEIN; SURFACE AREA;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOULING CONTROL; HYDROPHILICITY; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; ORGANIC FOULING; OSMOSIS; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PHASE SEPARATION; POLYMERIZATION; QUARTZ CRYSTAL MICROBALANCE; SURFACE AREA; SURFACE PROPERTY; BIOFOULING; POROSITY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL;

BIOFOULING; GRAPHITE; NANOSTRUCTURES; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; OXIDES; POROSITY; QUARTZ CRYSTAL MICROBALANCE TECHNIQUES;

EID: 84955322151     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5b03916     Document Type: Article

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