Influence of active layer and support layer surface structures on organic fouling propensity of thin-film composite forward osmosis membranes

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 1436-1444

  Lu, Xinglin ^a   Arias Chavez, Laura H ^b,c   Romero Vargas Castrillón, Santiago ^b,d   Ma, Jun ^a   Elimelech, Menachem ^b  

^a HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b Yale University   (United States)

^c Tennessee Technological University   (United States)

^d University of Minnesota   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MEMBRANES; FABRICATION; FOULING; MEMBRANES; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; PHASE SEPARATION; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; SURFACE STRUCTURE; THIN FILMS;

FORWARD OSMOSIS MEMBRANE; FORWARD OSMOSIS MEMBRANES; FOULING PROPENSITIES; MORPHOLOGICAL PROPERTIES; N-METHYL-2-PYRROLIDINONE; PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS; POLYAMIDE ACTIVE LAYERS; THIN FILM COMPOSITES;

OSMOSIS MEMBRANES;

ALGINIC ACID; CALCIUM; CARBOXYL GROUP; POLYAMIDE; POLYSULFONE; SODIUM; SOLVENT;

ACTIVE LAYER; FILM; FOULING; MEMBRANE; OSMOSIS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; SURFACE STRUCTURE; WATER FLOW;

ADHESION; ADHESION FORCE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; BIOFOULING; CATION EXCHANGE; CLEANING; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTACT ANGLE; FOULING PROPENSITY; HYDROGEN BOND; HYDROPHILICITY; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; OSMOSIS; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PHASE SEPARATION; POLARIZATION; POLYMERIZATION; POROSITY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE PROPERTY; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; THIN FILM COMPOSITE; WATER PERMEABILITY; WATER TRANSPORT;

EID: 84964267388     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es5044062     Document Type: Article

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