Appreciating the role of carbon nanotube composites in preventing biofouling and promoting biofilms on material surfaces in environmental engineering: a review

VKK Upadhyayula, V Gadhamshetty - Biotechnology advances, 2010 - Elsevier
The ability of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) to undergo surface modification allows them to form
nanocomposites (NCs) with materials such as polymers, metal nanoparticles, biomolecules …

[HTML][HTML] Surface modification of materials to encourage beneficial biofilm formation

A Sarjit, SM Tan, GA Dykes - AIMS bioengineering, 2015 - aimspress.com
Biofilms are communities of sessile microorganisms that grow and produce extrapolymeric
substances on an abiotic or biotic surface. Although biofilms are often associated with …

Ti2NTx quasi-MXene modified polyamide thin film composite reverse osmosis membrane with effective desalination and antifouling performance

V Vatanpour, S Mahdiei, S Arefi-Oskoui, A Khataee… - Chemosphere, 2023 - Elsevier
In this study, considering the serious problem of lack of fresh water worldwide and the
effectiveness of reverse osmosis (RO) membranes in water purification, we prepared …

Removal of disinfection byproducts from water by carbonized electrospun nanofibrous membranes

G Singh, D Rana, T Matsuura, S Ramakrishna… - Separation and …, 2010 - Elsevier
Disinfection byproducts (DBPs), trihalomethanes and haloacetic acids present in water are
well known carcinogens and their removal is an important priority. Highly porous …

Thin-film composite (TFC) membrane modified by hybrid ZnO-graphene nanoparticles (ZnO-Gr NPs) for water desalination

A Al Mayyahi - Journal of environmental chemical engineering, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Hybrid ZnO-graphene nanoparticles (ZnO-Gr NPs, 20 nm) were used as fillers to
create thin film nanocomposite membrane (TFN) by interfacial polymerization of m …

Fouling mechanism in ultrafiltration of vegetable oil

D Ariono, AK Wardani, S Widodo… - Materials Research …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
Energy efficient and cost-effective separation of impurities from vegetable oil is a great
challenge for vegetable oil processing. Several technologies have been developed …

A novel high‐flux thin film composite reverse osmosis membrane modified by polysaccharide supramolecular assembly

HD Raval, MKD Gondaliya - Journal of Applied Polymer …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Thin film composite reverse osmosis (TFC RO) membrane is widely used in desalination
and water reuse applications. With increasing capacity of Reverse Osmosis desalination all …

Nanotechnology in water treatment: an emerging trend

HD Raval, JM Gohil - International Journal of Nuclear …, 2010 - inderscienceonline.com
With advances in nanotechnology, different types of nanomaterial are emerging for
applications in water purification and water treatment devices owing to their effectiveness …

A novel low-fouling zeolite-polysulfone nanocomposite membrane for advanced water treatment

HD Raval, BB Mehta, RN Joshi - Desalination and Water Treatment, 2017 - Elsevier
ABSTRACT A novel zeolite-polysulfone composite ultrafiltration membrane was
synthesized. 50–1500 mg/L zeolite nanopowder was added in 15%(w/v) polysulfone …

A novel reverse osmosis membrane modified by polyvinyl alcohol with maleic anhydride crosslinking

M Samnani, H Rathod, H Raval - Materials Research Express, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
In the era of increasing energy crisis, it is inevitable to decrease process energy
consumption to increase process viability and curtail green-house gas emission. The …