Robust fabrication of thin film polyamide-TiO2 nanocomposite membranes with enhanced thermal stability and anti-biofouling propensity

Scientific Reports

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2018, Pages

  Khorshidi, Behnam ^a   Biswas, Ishita ^a   Ghosh, Tanushree ^a   Thundat, Thomas ^a   Sadrzadeh, Mohtada ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; METAL NANOPARTICLE; POLYMER; TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

BIOFOULING; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PARTICLE SIZE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TEMPERATURE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BIOFOULING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; METAL NANOPARTICLES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYMERS; TEMPERATURE; TITANIUM; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 85040766790     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-18724-w     Document Type: Article

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