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Cheng L, Meng QW, Ge Q. Construction and Chlorine Resistance of Thiophene-Poly(ethyleneimine)-Based Dual-Functional Nanofiltration Membranes. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2023; 15:10018-10029. [PMID: 36749691 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.2c21627] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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The demand to improve the chlorine resistance of polyamide (PA) membranes is escalated with greater amounts of chlorine-containing disinfectant being used in global water treatment during the COVID-19 pandemic. In this work, we designed thiophene-functionalized poly(ethyleneimine) (TPEI) materials first and grafted them onto a conventional PA membrane to develop novel nanofiltration membranes (PEI-M, TPEI-1-M, TPEI-2-M). These membranes have dual-functionalized selective surfaces covered by hydrophilic amino groups and electron-rich thiophene moieties, which endow these membranes with superior chlorine resistance and improved separation performance. The modified membranes increase the rejection of MgCl2 from 86.5% of the nascent PA membrane (PA-M) to higher than 93.0% without sacrificing the membrane water permeability. More stable separation performance is achieved with all of the as-prepared membranes than PA-M after exposure to a 2000 ppm sodium hypochlorite solution. TPEI-2-M outperforms other membranes after being treated in a chlorination intensity of 16,000 ppm·h with the smallest flux loss and the highest MgCl2 rejection. This is mainly ascribed to the highest amount of amino and thiophene moieties on the TPEI-2-M surface. This study provides an effective protocol for developing novel PA-based nanofiltration membranes while demonstrating its superiority over current technologies with exceptional separation performance and antichlorine ability.
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- Luyang Cheng
- College of Environment and Safety Engineering, Fuzhou University, No.2 Xueyuan Road, Fujian 350116, China
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- College of Environment and Safety Engineering, Fuzhou University, No.2 Xueyuan Road, Fujian 350116, China
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- College of Environment and Safety Engineering, Fuzhou University, No.2 Xueyuan Road, Fujian 350116, China
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Liu Y, Wang K, Zhou Z, Wei X, Xia S, Wang XM, Xie YF, Huang X. Boosting the Performance of Nanofiltration Membranes in Removing Organic Micropollutants: Trade-Off Effect, Strategy Evaluation, and Prospective Development. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2022; 56:15220-15237. [PMID: 36330774 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.2c06579] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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In view of the high risks brought about by organic micropollutants (OMPs), nanofiltration (NF) processes have been playing a vital role in advanced water and wastewater treatment, owing to the high membrane performance in rejection of OMPs, permeation of water, and passage of mineral salts. Though numerous studies have been devoted to evaluating and technically enhancing membrane performance in removing various OMPs, the trade-off effect between water permeance and water/OMP selectivity for state-of-the-art membranes remains far from being understood. Knowledge of this effect is significant for comparing and guiding membrane development works toward cost-efficient OMP removal. In this work, we comprehensively assessed the performance of 88 NF membranes, commercialized or newly developed, based on their water permeance and OMP rejection data published in the literature. The effectiveness and underlying mechanisms of various modification methods in tailoring properties and in turn performance of the mainstream polyamide (PA) thin-film composite (TFC) membranes were quantitatively analyzed. The trade-off effect was demonstrated by the abundant data from both experimental measurements and machine learning-based prediction. On this basis, the advancement of novel membranes was benchmarked by the performance upper-bound revealed by commercial membranes and lab-made PA membranes. We also assessed the potentials of current NF membranes in selectively separating OMPs from inorganic salts and identified the future research perspectives to achieve further enhancement in OMP removal and salt/OMP selectivity of NF membranes.
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- Yanling Liu
- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing100084, China
- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai200092, China
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing100084, China
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing100084, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai200092, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai200092, China
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing100084, China
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing100084, China
- Environmental Engineering Programs, The Pennsylvania State University, Middletown, Pennsylvania17057, United States
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing100084, China
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Improvement the performance of TFC membranes by deposition a cationic/anionic polyelectrolyte onto their partially hypochlorite-degraded surfaces. REACT FUNCT POLYM 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.reactfunctpolym.2022.105388] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Xie X, Yang Q, Sun Q, Song N, Yu L, Dong L. Alkaline responsive self-healing nanocontainer composite reverse osmosis membrane by layer self-assembly: Enhanced permeable and chlorine resistance properties. J IND ENG CHEM 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jiec.2022.06.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Khoo YS, Lau WJ, Liang YY, Karaman M, Gürsoy M, Ismail AF. Eco-friendly surface modification approach to develop thin film nanocomposite membrane with improved desalination and antifouling properties. J Adv Res 2022; 36:39-49. [PMID: 35127163 PMCID: PMC8802863 DOI: 10.1016/j.jare.2021.06.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2021] [Revised: 06/02/2021] [Accepted: 06/05/2021] [Indexed: 11/01/2022] Open
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Introduction Nanomaterials aggregation within polyamide (PA) layer of thin film nanocomposite (TFN) membrane is found to be a common issue and can negatively affect membrane filtration performance. Thus, post-treatment on the surface of TFN membrane is one of the strategies to address the problem. Objective In this study, an eco-friendly surface modification technique based on plasma enhanced chemical vapour deposition (PECVD) was used to deposit hydrophilic acrylic acid (AA) onto the PA surface of TFN membrane with the aims of simultaneously minimizing the PA surface defects caused by nanomaterials incorporation and improving the membrane surface hydrophilicity for reverse osmosis (RO) application. Methods The TFN membrane was first synthesized by incorporating 0.05 wt% of functionalized titania nanotubes (TNTs) into its PA layer. It was then subjected to 15-s plasma deposition of AA monomer to establish extremely thin hydrophilic layer atop PA nanocomposite layer. PECVD is a promising surface modification method as it offers rapid and solvent-free functionalization for the membranes. Results The findings clearly showed that the sodium chloride rejection of the plasma-modified TFN membrane was improved with salt passage reduced from 2.43% to 1.50% without significantly altering pure water flux. The AA-modified TFN membrane also exhibited a remarkable antifouling property with higher flux recovery rate (>95%, 5-h filtration using 1000 mg/L sodium alginate solution) compared to the unmodified TFN membrane (85.8%), which is mainly attributed to its enhanced hydrophilicity and smoother surface. Furthermore, the AA-modified TFN membrane also showed higher performance stability throughout 12-h filtration period. Conclusion The deposition of hydrophilic material on the TFN membrane surface via eco-friendly method is potential to develop a defect-free TFN membrane with enhanced fouling resistance for improved desalination process.
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- Ying Siew Khoo
- Advanced Membrane Technology Research Centre (AMTEC), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia
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- Advanced Membrane Technology Research Centre (AMTEC), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia
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- Faculty of Chemical and Process Engineering Technology, College of Engineering Technology, Universiti Malaysia Pahang, Lebuhraya Tun Razak, 26300 Gambang, Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Konya Technical University, Konya 42075, Turkey
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Konya Technical University, Konya 42075, Turkey
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- Advanced Membrane Technology Research Centre (AMTEC), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia
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Surface-tailoring chlorine resistant materials and strategies for polyamide thin film composite reverse osmosis membranes. Front Chem Sci Eng 2021. [DOI: 10.1007/s11705-021-2109-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Khoo YS, Lau WJ, Liang YY, Yusof N, Fauzi Ismail A. Surface modification of PA layer of TFC membranes: Does it effective for performance Improvement? J IND ENG CHEM 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jiec.2021.07.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Feng S, Low ZX, Liu S, Zhang L, Zhang X, Simon GP, Fang XY, Wang H. Microporous polymer incorporated polyamide membrane for reverse osmosis desalination. J Memb Sci 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2020.118299] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Meng QW, Ge Q. Enhancing Chlorine Resistance and Water Permeability during Forward Osmosis Separation Using Superhydrophilic Materials with Conjugated Systems. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2020; 12:35393-35402. [PMID: 32633936 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.0c05176] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Poor resistance to free chlorine severely impairs the service of conventional polyamide (PA) membrane in water treatment. Here we design a series of superhydrophilic aromatic sulfonate materials (ASMs) comprising successively increasing conjugated systems and ionizable groups (ASM-1, ASM-2, ASM-3) to develop a chlorine-resistant membrane via chemical modification. By altering the membrane physicochemical properties and surface structure, ASMs substantially improve the chlorine resistance and water permeability of membrane. With 0.5 M NaCl as the draw solution, all ASMs enhance membrane water fluxes by more than 60% relative to those of the nascent PA membrane in forward osmosis (FO) processes. After exposed to a 1000 ppm sodium hypochlorite solution for 2-8 h, the modified membranes exhibit smaller variations in FO performance than the PA membrane. Having the largest conjugated system and the most sulfonate groups, ASM-3 enables the membrane to sustain a chlorination strength of up to 8000 ppm·h with an insignificant NaCl loss during the FO process, surpassing other recently developed PA membranes in chlorine resistance. These results manifest that the combination of a large conjugated system and ionizable group is key for imbuing membrane with excellent chlorine resistance and water permeability.
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- Qing-Wei Meng
- College of Environment and Resources, Fuzhou University, Fujian 350116, China
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- College of Environment and Resources, Fuzhou University, Fujian 350116, China
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Hailemariam RH, Woo YC, Damtie MM, Kim BC, Park KD, Choi JS. Reverse osmosis membrane fabrication and modification technologies and future trends: A review. Adv Colloid Interface Sci 2020; 276:102100. [PMID: 31935555 DOI: 10.1016/j.cis.2019.102100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2019] [Revised: 12/27/2019] [Accepted: 12/27/2019] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Reverse osmosis (RO) is the most widely used technology in water treatment and desalination technologies for potable water production. Since its invention, RO has undergone significant developments in terms of material science, process, system optimization, methods of membrane synthesis, and modifications. Among various materials used for the synthesis of an RO membrane, the polyamide thin-film composite (PA-TFC) is by far the most common, owing to its excellent water permeability high salt rejection, and stability. However, a tradeoff between membrane permeability and salt rejection and membrane fouling has been a major hindrance for the effective application of this membrane. Thus, a broad investigation has been carried out to address these problems, and among which co-solvent interfacial polymerization (CAIP) and the surface modification of substrates and active layers of RO membrane have been the most effective approaches for controlling and improving the surface properties of the PA-TFC membrane. In this review paper, the problems associated with the RO membrane processes and strategies has been discussed and addressed in detail. Furthermore, as the focus of this review, the major advancements in the strategies used for enhancement of RO membrane performance through CAIP, and surface modifications were scrutinized and summarized.
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- Ruth Habte Hailemariam
- Department of Civil and Environment Engineering, University of Science and Technology, (UST), 217, Gajeong-Ro, Yuseong-Gu, Daejeon 34113, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Land, Water and Environment Research, Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology, 283 Goyang-Daero, Ilsanseo-Gu, Goyang-Si, Gyeonggi-Do, 10223, Republic of Korea.
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- Department of Civil and Environment Engineering, University of Science and Technology, (UST), 217, Gajeong-Ro, Yuseong-Gu, Daejeon 34113, Republic of Korea
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- Water Environment Center, Environmental Technology Division, Korea Testing Laboratory (KTL), 87, Digital-Ro 26-Gil, Guro-Gu, Seoul 08389, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Land, Water and Environment Research, Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology, 283 Goyang-Daero, Ilsanseo-Gu, Goyang-Si, Gyeonggi-Do, 10223, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Civil and Environment Engineering, University of Science and Technology, (UST), 217, Gajeong-Ro, Yuseong-Gu, Daejeon 34113, Republic of Korea; Department of Land, Water and Environment Research, Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology, 283 Goyang-Daero, Ilsanseo-Gu, Goyang-Si, Gyeonggi-Do, 10223, Republic of Korea.
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Liu M, Yu C, Dong Z, Jiang P, Lü Z, Yu S, Gao C. Improved separation performance and durability of polyamide reverse osmosis membrane in tertiary treatment of textile effluent through grafting monomethoxy-poly(ethylene glycol) brushes. Sep Purif Technol 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2018.07.072] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Fang C, Sun J, Zhang B, Sun Y, Zhu L, Matsuyama H. Preparation of positively charged composite nanofiltration membranes by quaternization crosslinking for precise molecular and ionic separations. J Colloid Interface Sci 2018; 531:168-180. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2018.07.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2018] [Revised: 07/09/2018] [Accepted: 07/10/2018] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Hu R, Wang C, Liu X, He Y, Zhao G, Zhu H. Facile Fabrication of Unimpeded and Stable Graphene Oxide Coating on Reverse Osmosis Membrane for Dual‐Functional Protection. ChemistrySelect 2018. [DOI: 10.1002/slct.201802801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Ruirui Hu
- State Key Lab of New Ceramics and Fine ProcessingSchool of Materials Science and EngineeringTsinghua University Beijing 100084 China
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- State Key Lab of New Ceramics and Fine ProcessingSchool of Materials Science and EngineeringTsinghua University Beijing 100084 China
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- Department of BiologySchool of Life ScienceTsinghua University Beijing 100084 China
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- State Key Lab of New Ceramics and Fine ProcessingSchool of Materials Science and EngineeringTsinghua University Beijing 100084 China
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- State Key Lab of New Ceramics and Fine ProcessingSchool of Materials Science and EngineeringTsinghua University Beijing 100084 China
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- State Key Lab of New Ceramics and Fine ProcessingSchool of Materials Science and EngineeringTsinghua University Beijing 100084 China
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Solvent resistant nanofiltration membranes using EDA-XDA co-crosslinked poly(ether imide). Sep Purif Technol 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2018.05.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Dopamine Incorporated Forward Osmosis Membranes with High Structural Stability and Chlorine Resistance. Processes (Basel) 2018. [DOI: 10.3390/pr6090151] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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The degradation and detachment of the polyamide (PA) layer for the conventional thin-film composite (TFC) membranes due to chemical disinfectants cleaning with chlorine and material difference of PA layer and substrate are two major bottlenecks of forward osmosis (FO) technology. In this study, a new type of FO membranes was first prepared by controlling dopamine (DA) as the sole amine in the aqueous phase and the reaction with trimesoyl chloride (TMC) as the acyl chloride during interfacial polymerization (IP) process. The influence of membrane synthesis parameters such as monomer concentration, pH of the aqueous phase, IP reaction time and IP temperature were systematically investigated. The optimized membrane showed both improved structure stability and chlorine resistance, more so than the conventional TFC membrane. In general, novel DA/TMC TFC membranes could be an effective strategy to synthesize high-performance FO membranes with excellent structural stability and chlorine resistance.
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Ankoliya D, Mehta B, Raval H. Advances in surface modification techniques of reverse osmosis membrane over the years. SEP SCI TECHNOL 2018. [DOI: 10.1080/01496395.2018.1483404] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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- Dipak Ankoliya
- Membrane Science and Separation Technology Division, CSIR-Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute, Bhavnagar, India
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- Membrane Science and Separation Technology Division, CSIR-Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute, Bhavnagar, India
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- Membrane Science and Separation Technology Division, CSIR-Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute, Bhavnagar, India
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Gohil JM, Suresh AK. Chlorine attack on reverse osmosis membranes: Mechanisms and mitigation strategies. J Memb Sci 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2017.06.092] [Citation(s) in RCA: 94] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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In situ formation of copper nanoparticles in carboxylated chitosan layer: Preparation and characterization of surface modified TFC membrane with protein fouling resistance and long-lasting antibacterial properties. Sep Purif Technol 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2016.12.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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