Abstract
Recently, surface modification of reverse osmosis (RO)
membranes has gained increasing attention. For example,
some of the commercial thin-film-composite (TFC)
polyamide (PA) membranes are coated to introduce hydroxyl
groups to the PA surface. Among others hydrophilicity and
low surface roughness are the key factors in the
development of low-fouling surfaces for TFC-PA membranes.
The main focus of the recent study was to develop and
evaluate different thin coating technologies, which could
have potentiality to introduce low-fouling performance on
TFC-PA membrane surface. The selected thin coating
technologies included inorganic atomic layer deposition
(ALD) and antibacterial polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) based
polymer films.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Green and sustainable surface and materials chemistry |
Place of Publication | Tukholma |
Publisher | Stockholm University |
Publication status | Published - 2013 |
MoE publication type | Not Eligible |
Event | Green and sustainable surface and materials chemistry - Stockholm, Sweden Duration: 23 Oct 2013 → 23 Oct 2013 |
Conference
Conference | Green and sustainable surface and materials chemistry |
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Country/Territory | Sweden |
City | Stockholm |
Period | 23/10/13 → 23/10/13 |
Keywords
- reverse osmosis (RO) membrane
- thin film composite
- anti-fouling
- atomic layer deposition