Single-Step Assembly of Multifunctional Poly(tannic acid)-Graphene Oxide Coating to Reduce Biofouling of Forward Osmosis Membranes

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 8, Issue 27, 2016, Pages 17519-17528

  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 City of Scientific Research and Technological Applications ^*  (Egypt)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SADAT CITY   (Egypt)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^e KHALIFA UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

antibiofouling; forward osmosis; graphene oxide; single step multifunctional coating; Taguchi method; tannic acid

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINETRIPHOSPHATE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BIOFOULING; CARBON; COATINGS; COMPOSITE MEMBRANES; DESALINATION; FILTRATION; FLAVONOIDS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; GRAPHENE; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MEMBRANES; MICROFILTRATION; NANOCOMPOSITE FILMS; NANOSHEETS; ORGANIC CARBON; POLYETHYLENES; PROTECTIVE COATINGS; SURFACE TREATMENT; TAGUCHI METHODS; TANNINS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

ANTI-BIOFOULING; FORWARD OSMOSIS; GRAPHENE OXIDES; MULTIFUNCTIONAL COATINGS; TANNIC ACID;

OSMOSIS MEMBRANES;

EID: 84978880641     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.6b03719     Document Type: Article

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