PMID- 29137142
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
LR  - 20200930
IS  - 2077-0375 (Print)
IS  - 2077-0375 (Electronic)
IS  - 2077-0375 (Linking)
VI  - 7
IP  - 4
DP  - 2017 Nov 12
TI  - Characterization and Antibiofouling Performance Investigation of Hydrophobic 
      Silver Nanocomposite Membranes: A Comparative Study.
LID - 10.3390/membranes7040064 [doi]
LID - 64
AB  - Biofouling is one of the drawbacks restricting the industrial applications of 
      membranes. In this study, different thicknesses of silver nanoparticles with 
      proper adhesion were deposited on poly(vinylidenefluoride) (PVDF) and 
      polyethersulfone (PES) surfaces by physical vapor deposition (PVD). The 
      crystalline and structural properties of modified and pure membranes were 
      investigated by carrying out X-ray diffraction (XRD) and attenuated total 
      reflectance Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (ATR-FTIR). Scanning electron 
      microscope (SEM) and atomic force microscopy (AFM) analyses were employed to 
      examine the surface morphology and the bacteria anti-adhesion property of the 
      membranes. The morphology measurements confirmed that even though after silver 
      grafting the surface became more hydrophobic, the homogeneity increased and the 
      flux reduction decreased after coating. Moreover a comparison between PVDF and 
      PES revealed that CFU (colony forming units) reduced 64.5% on PVDF surface and 
      31.1% on PES surface after modification. In conclusion, PVD improved the 
      performance of the membrane antibiofouling, and it is more promising to be used 
      for PVDF rather than PES.
FAU - Amouamouha, Maryam
AU  - Amouamouha M
AD  - Faculty of Civil, Water and Environmental Engineering, A.C., Shahid Beheshti 
      University, Tehran 1658953571, Iran. m_amouha@sbu.ac.ir.
FAU - Badalians Gholikandi, Gagik
AU  - Badalians Gholikandi G
AD  - Faculty of Civil, Water and Environmental Engineering, A.C., Shahid Beheshti 
      University, Tehran 1658953571, Iran. g.badalians@yahoo.com.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20171112
PL  - Switzerland
TA  - Membranes (Basel)
JT  - Membranes
JID - 101577807
PMC - PMC5746823
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - antibiofouling
OT  - hydrophobicity
OT  - poly(vinylidenefluoride) (PVDF)
OT  - polyethersulfone (PES)
OT  - silver nanoparticles
COIS- The authors declare no conflicts of interest.
EDAT- 2017/11/16 06:00
MHDA- 2017/11/16 06:01
PMCR- 2017/12/01
CRDT- 2017/11/16 06:00
PHST- 2017/09/10 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2017/10/26 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2017/11/07 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2017/11/16 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2017/11/16 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2017/11/16 06:01 [medline]
PHST- 2017/12/01 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - membranes7040064 [pii]
AID - membranes-07-00064 [pii]
AID - 10.3390/membranes7040064 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - Membranes (Basel). 2017 Nov 12;7(4):64. doi: 10.3390/membranes7040064.