Membranes with Surface-Enhanced Antifouling Properties for Water Purification
Membrane technology has emerged as an attractive approach for water purification, while mitigation of fouling is key to lower membrane operating costs. This article reviews various materials with antifouling properties that can be coated or grafted onto the membrane surface to improve the antifoulin...
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| author | Nima Shahkaramipour Thien N. Tran Sankara Ramanan Haiqing Lin |
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| description | Membrane technology has emerged as an attractive approach for water purification, while mitigation of fouling is key to lower membrane operating costs. This article reviews various materials with antifouling properties that can be coated or grafted onto the membrane surface to improve the antifouling properties of the membranes and thus, retain high water permeance. These materials can be separated into three categories, hydrophilic materials, such as poly(ethylene glycol), polydopamine and zwitterions, hydrophobic materials, such as fluoropolymers, and amphiphilic materials. The states of water in these materials and the mechanisms for the antifouling properties are discussed. The corresponding approaches to coat or graft these materials on the membrane surface are reviewed, and the materials with promising performance are highlighted. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a646a3b150f54d51a8cf51d3079563102023-09-02T23:53:40ZengMDPI AGMembranes2077-03752017-03-01711310.3390/membranes7010013membranes7010013Membranes with Surface-Enhanced Antifouling Properties for Water PurificationNima Shahkaramipour0Thien N. Tran1Sankara Ramanan2Haiqing Lin3Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, NY 14260, USADepartment of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, NY 14260, USADepartment of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, NY 14260, USADepartment of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, NY 14260, USAMembrane technology has emerged as an attractive approach for water purification, while mitigation of fouling is key to lower membrane operating costs. This article reviews various materials with antifouling properties that can be coated or grafted onto the membrane surface to improve the antifouling properties of the membranes and thus, retain high water permeance. These materials can be separated into three categories, hydrophilic materials, such as poly(ethylene glycol), polydopamine and zwitterions, hydrophobic materials, such as fluoropolymers, and amphiphilic materials. The states of water in these materials and the mechanisms for the antifouling properties are discussed. The corresponding approaches to coat or graft these materials on the membrane surface are reviewed, and the materials with promising performance are highlighted.http://www.mdpi.com/2077-0375/7/1/13membrane foulingsurface modificationantifouling materialsstate of waterpoly(ethylene glycol)dopaminezwitterionsfluoropolymers |
| spellingShingle | Nima Shahkaramipour Thien N. Tran Sankara Ramanan Haiqing Lin Membranes with Surface-Enhanced Antifouling Properties for Water Purification Membranes membrane fouling surface modification antifouling materials state of water poly(ethylene glycol) dopamine zwitterions fluoropolymers |
| title | Membranes with Surface-Enhanced Antifouling Properties for Water Purification |
| title_full | Membranes with Surface-Enhanced Antifouling Properties for Water Purification |
| title_fullStr | Membranes with Surface-Enhanced Antifouling Properties for Water Purification |
| title_full_unstemmed | Membranes with Surface-Enhanced Antifouling Properties for Water Purification |
| title_short | Membranes with Surface-Enhanced Antifouling Properties for Water Purification |
| title_sort | membranes with surface enhanced antifouling properties for water purification |
| topic | membrane fouling surface modification antifouling materials state of water poly(ethylene glycol) dopamine zwitterions fluoropolymers |
| url | http://www.mdpi.com/2077-0375/7/1/13 |
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