Effective in-situ chemical surface modification of forward osmosis membranes with polydopamine-induced graphene oxide for biofouling mitigation

Desalination

Volumn 385, Issue , 2016, Pages 126-137

  Hegab, Hanaa M ^a,b   ElMekawy, Ahmed ^c,d   Barclay, Thomas G ^a   Michelmore, Andrew ^a   Zou, Linda ^a,e   Saint, Christopher P ^a   Ginic Markovic, Milena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b Borg Elarab ^*  (Egypt)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SADAT CITY   (Egypt)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^e KHALIFA UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Biofouling; Forward osmosis; Graphene oxide; Membrane surface modification; Taguchi method

Indexed keywords

BIOFOULING; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; COMPOSITE MEMBRANES; FILTRATION; GRAPHENE; INORGANIC COATINGS; MEMBRANES; MICROFILTRATION; NANOCOMPOSITE FILMS; NANOSHEETS; SELF ASSEMBLY; SURFACE TREATMENT; TAGUCHI METHODS;

ANTI-BIOFOULING PERFORMANCE; CHEMICAL SURFACE MODIFICATION; FORWARD OSMOSIS; FORWARD OSMOSIS MEMBRANES; GRAPHENE OXIDE NANOSHEET; GRAPHENE OXIDES; MEMBRANE SURFACE MODIFICATIONS; STATISTICAL EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN;

OSMOSIS MEMBRANES;

BIOFOULING; FILTRATION; MEMBRANE; OSMOSIS;

EID: 84958292268     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2016.02.021     Document Type: Article

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