Effect of hydrophobicity of polymer materials used for water purification membranes on biofilm formation dynamics

Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects

Volumn 506, Issue , 2016, Pages 622-628

  Saeki, Daisuke ^a   Nagashima, Yasunori ^a   Sawada, Isao ^b   Matsuyama, Hideto ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UTSUNOMIYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bacterial adhesion; Biofilm formation; Membrane fouling; Membrane material; Pseudomonas putida; Surface hydrophobicity

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; BACTERIA; BIOFILMS; DYNAMICS; HYDROPHOBICITY; MEMBRANE FOULING; MICROFILTRATION; POLYMERS; PURIFICATION; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

BACTERIAL ADHESION; BIOFILM FORMATION; MEMBRANE MATERIAL; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; SURFACE HYDROPHOBICITY;

MEMBRANES;

POLYMER; POLYVINYL ALCOHOL; POLYVINYLIDENE FLUORIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BIOFILM; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMICS; FLOW; HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; IMMERSION; INCUBATION TIME; MEMBRANE; MICROFILTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; SURFACE PROPERTY; SUSPENSION; THICKNESS; ULTRAFILTRATION; WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84978971381     PISSN: 09277757     EISSN: 18734359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2016.07.036     Document Type: Article

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