Antifouling, fouling release and antimicrobial materials for surface modification of reverse osmosis and nanofiltration membranes

RR Choudhury, JM Gohil, S Mohanty… - Journal of Materials …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Membrane fouling, which arises from the nonspecific interaction between the membrane
surface and foulants, significantly impedes the efficient application of membrane technology …

Dynamic surface antifouling: mechanism and systems

Q Xie, J Pan, C Ma, G Zhang - Soft Matter, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Marine biofouling is a global problem today. High efficiency and eco-friendly antifouling
systems are in pressing need. In recent years, we have proposed the concept of dynamic …

Molecular level studies on interfacial hydration of zwitterionic and other antifouling polymers in situ

C Leng, S Sun, K Zhang, S Jiang, Z Chen - Acta biomaterialia, 2016 - Elsevier
Antifouling polymers have wide applications in biomedical engineering and marine industry.
Recently, zwitterionic materials have been reported as promising candidates for antifouling …

Spin-casting polymer brush films for stimuli-responsive and anti-fouling surfaces

B Xu, C Feng, J Hu, P Shi, G Gu, L Wang… - ACS applied materials …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Surfaces modified with amphiphilic polymers can dynamically alter their physicochemical
properties in response to changes of their environmental conditions; meanwhile, amphiphilic …

Design and mechanisms of antifouling materials for surface plasmon resonance sensors

B Liu, X Liu, S Shi, R Huang, R Su, W Qi, Z He - Acta Biomaterialia, 2016 - Elsevier
Surface plasmon resonance (SPR) biosensors have many possible applications, but are
limited by sensor chip surface fouling, which blocks immobilization and specific binding by …

Grafting hyaluronic acid onto gold surface to achieve low protein fouling in surface plasmon resonance biosensors

X Liu, R Huang, R Su, W Qi, L Wang… - ACS applied materials & …, 2014 - ACS Publications
Antifouling surfaces capable of reducing nonspecific protein adsorption from natural
complex media are highly desirable in surface plasmon resonance (SPR) biosensors. A new …

Corrosion protection of Q235 steel in Pseudomonas aeruginosa-laden seawater environment using high barrier PDMS nanocomposite coating

IO Arukalam, IN Uzochukwu, VO Izionworu… - Safety in Extreme …, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Perfluorodecyltrichlorosilane (PFDS)-modified PDMS-ZnO hydrophobic coating and
2-ethylhexanoic acid (EHA)/PFDS-modified amphiphilic coating were fabricated. The effect …

Polymer thin films and surface modification by chemical vapor deposition: Recent progress

N Chen, DH Kim, P Kovacik, H Sojoudi… - Annual review of …, 2016 - annualreviews.org
Chemical vapor deposition (CVD) polymerization uses vapor phase monomeric reactants to
synthesize organic thin films directly on substrates. These thin films are desirable as …

Membrane surface engineering with bifunctional zwitterions for efficient oil–water separation

P Li, Q Ge - ACS applied materials & interfaces, 2019 - ACS Publications
Chemical modification provides a solution to the membrane fouling problem in oily water
purification. However, complicated synthesis processes and harsh reaction conditions are …

Janus Effect of Lewis Acid Enables One‐Step Block Copolymerization of Ethylene Oxide and N‐Sulfonyl Aziridine

Q Song, H Qiu, L Liu, G Zhang, F Peruch… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
One‐step sequence‐selective block copolymerization requires stringent catalytic control of
monomers relative activity and enchainment order. It has been especially rare for AnBm …