Recent advances in functionalized polymer membranes for biofouling control and mitigation in forward osmosis

Firouzjaei, Mostafa Dadashi; Seyedpour, S. Fatemeh; Aktij, Sadegh Aghapour; Giagnorio, Mattia; Bazrafshan, Nasim; Mollahosseini, Arash; Samadi, Farhikhteh; Ahmadalipour, Shahin; Firouzjaei, Fatemeh Dadashi; Esfahani, Milad Rabbani; Tiraferri, Alberto; Elliott, Mark; Sangermano, Marco; Abdelrasoul, Amira; McCutcheon, Jeffrey R.; Sadrzadeh, Mohtada; Esfahani, Amirsalar R.; Rahimpour, Ahmad

doi:10.1016/j.memsci.2019.117604

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“…Graphene materials designed to inhibit bacterial growth are being explored for multiple technological applications ( Table 1 ). For instance, GMs have been investigated for the fabrication of antibacterial packages and protective clothing, for water treatment, as antifouling agents, and for the prevention of microbially influenced corrosion (MIC) ( Zheng et al., 2018 ; Wang et al., 2019a ; Bhattacharjee et al., 2019 ; Firouzjaei et al., 2020 ; Lu et al., 2019 ; Kumar et al., 2019 ; Krishnamurthy et al., 2013 ). Furthermore, a vast number of studies related to the medical field describe antibacterial materials containing Gr, GO, or rGO for several applications including wound dressing, tissue engineering, and drug delivery and for the prevention of biofilm formation on medical equipment and implantable devices ( Ji et al., 2016 ; Ramasamy and Lee, 2016 ; Cacaci et al., 2019 ; Hu et al., 2010 ).…”

Section: Applications For Negative Bacterial Interactions With Graphementioning

confidence: 99%

“…This phenomenon is a major obstacle for the long-term usage of membranes and is associated with increased cost ( Meng et al., 2017 ; Miura et al., 2007 ). Numerous studies have successfully combined antimicrobial GMs with polymeric membranes or foams to prevent biofouling ( Firouzjaei et al., 2020 ; Wang et al., 2019a ; Perreault et al., 2015a ). These composite materials can be employed for different applications such as ultrafiltration, nanofiltration, forward or reverse osmosis desalination, wastewater treatment, as well as radioactive metal recovery from seawater ( Zinadini et al., 2014 ; Choi et al., 2013 ; Lee et al., 2013 ; Perreault et al., 2014 ; Zeng et al., 2016 ; Guo et al., 2019 , 2020 ; Singh et al., 2018 ; Mokkapati et al., 2017 ; Bao et al., 2011 ).…”

Section: Applications For Negative Bacterial Interactions With Graphementioning

confidence: 99%

“…On the other hand, a large body of work details GMs that damage bacterial cells and inhibit growth ( Rojas-Andrade et al., 2017 ; Kumar et al., 2019 ). Antibacterial GMs have potential usages in the medical and environmental fields for applications where the formation of pathogenic or fouling biofilms must be prevented ( Kumar and Chatterjee, 2016 ; Wang et al., 2019a ; Firouzjaei et al., 2020 ; Xia et al., 2019 ).…”

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Graphene: An Antibacterial Agent or a Promoter of Bacterial Proliferation?

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2020

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Summary Graphene materials (GMs) are being investigated for multiple microbiological applications because of their unique physicochemical characteristics including high electrical conductivity, large specific surface area, and robust mechanical strength. In the last decade, studies on the interaction of GMs with bacterial cells appear conflicting. On one side, GMs have been developed to promote the proliferation of electroactive bacteria on the surface of electrodes in bioelectrochemical systems or to accelerate interspecies electron transfer during anaerobic digestion. On the other side, GMs with antibacterial properties have been synthesized to prevent biofilm formation on membranes for water treatment, on medical equipment, and on tissue engineering scaffolds. In this review, we discuss the mechanisms and factors determining the positive or negative impact of GMs on bacteria. Furthermore, we examine the bacterial growth-promoting and antibacterial applications of GMs and debate their practicability.

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Section: Applications For Negative Bacterial Interactions With Graphementioning

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2020

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“…While there have been a couple of review papers in recent years concerning the basic principles of FO [21][22][23][24], draw solutions [22,[25][26][27][28][29][30][31], applications [21,25,27,[32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39], (bio)fouling [22,25,26,30,[40][41][42][43][44][45][46], membrane fabrication [19,23,30,35,39,43,47,48], or upscaling [49,50], we, for the major part of this review, discuss the challenges of FO evidences from various literatures to prove the unreliability of the existing structural parameter approaches. In addition, we will highlight that, beyond a certain water permeability, the true bottleneck is the mechanical support of the membrane instead of the selective membrane layer.…”

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Forward Osmosis: A Critical Review

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The use of forward osmosis (FO) for water purification purposes has gained extensive attention in recent years. In this review, we first discuss the advantages, challenges and various applications of FO, as well as the challenges in selecting the proper draw solution for FO, after which we focus on transport limitations in FO processes. Despite recent advances in membrane development for FO, there is still room for improvement of its selective layer and support. For many applications spiral wound membrane will not suffice. Furthermore, a defect-free selective layer is a prerequisite for FO membranes to ensure low solute passage, while a support with low internal concentration polarization is necessary for a high water flux. Due to challenges affiliated to interfacial polymerization (IP) on non-planar geometries, we discuss alternative approaches to IP to form the selective layer. We also explain that, when provided with a defect-free selective layer with good rejection, the membrane support has a dominant influence on the performance of an FO membrane, which can be estimated by the structural parameter (S). We emphasize the necessity of finding a new method to determine S, but also that predominantly the thickness of the support is the major parameter that needs to be optimized.

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“…Membrane process offers significant potential for separation and purification [1]. Compared to conventional separation methods, membrane separation has significant advantages, such as being energy saving, and having high purification, simplicity of operation, superior efficiency, low operation cost, smaller footprint, better effluent quality and low secondary pollution [2][3][4][5]. Therefore, effective separation can be achieved by the membrane process [6,7].…”

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Cu-BTC Metal−Organic Framework Modified Membranes for Landfill Leachate Treatment

Mazani

Aktij

Rahimpour

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In this study, Cu-BTC (copper(II) benzene-1,3,5-tricarboxylate) metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) were incorporated into the structure of polysulfone (PSf) ultrafiltration (UF) membranes to improve the membrane performance for landfill leachate treatment, whereby different concentrations of Cu-BTC (0.5, 1, 1.5, 2 wt%) were added to the PSf casting solution. The successful incorporation of Cu-BTC MOFs into the modified membranes was investigated by field emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM) and energy dispersive X-ray (EDX). The Cu-BTC-modified PSf membranes showed higher performance in terms of flux and rejection, as compared to the neat PSf membrane. For example, the pure water flux (PWF) of neat membrane increased from 111 to 194 L/m2h (LMH) by loading 2 wt% Cu-BTC into the membrane structure, indicating 74% improvement in PWF. Furthermore, the flux of this membrane during filtration of landfill leachate increased up to 15 LMH, which indicated 50% improvement in permeability, as compared to the neat membrane. Finally, the modified membranes showed reasonable antifouling and anti-biofouling properties than the blank membrane.

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Recent advances in functionalized polymer membranes for biofouling control and mitigation in forward osmosis

Cited by 156 publications

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Graphene: An Antibacterial Agent or a Promoter of Bacterial Proliferation?

Graphene: An Antibacterial Agent or a Promoter of Bacterial Proliferation?

Forward Osmosis: A Critical Review

Cu-BTC Metal−Organic Framework Modified Membranes for Landfill Leachate Treatment

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