In Situ Silver Decoration on Graphene Oxide-Treated Thin Film Composite Forward Osmosis Membranes: Biocidal Properties and Regeneration Potential

Environmental Science and Technology Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 13-18

  Soroush, Adel ^a   Ma, Wen ^a   Cyr, Myriam ^a   Rahaman, Md Saifur ^a   Asadishad, Bahareh ^b   Tufenkji, Nathalie ^b  

^a Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MEMBRANES; GRAPHENE; IONS; MEMBRANES; NANOCOMPOSITE FILMS; SILVER; THIN FILMS;

ANTIBACTERIAL PROPERTIES; BACTERIAL INACTIVATION; FORWARD OSMOSIS MEMBRANE; FORWARD OSMOSIS MEMBRANES; GRAPHENE OXIDE NANOSHEET; OXYGEN-CONTAINING FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; SILVER NANOPARTICLES (AGNPS); THIN FILM COMPOSITES;

OSMOSIS MEMBRANES;

EID: 84969277843     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23288930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.estlett.5b00304     Document Type: Article

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