Bacterial attachment to material surfaces can lead to the development of biofilms that cause
severe economic and health problems. The outcome of bacterial attachment is determined …

The atomic force microscope (AFM) is not only a tool to image the topography of solid
surfaces at high resolution. It can also be used to measure force-versus-distance curves …

Though sludge foaming often occurs and thus causes serious membrane fouling in
membrane bioreactors (MBRs), the fouling mechanisms related with the foaming …

Herein, we present the findings of a study employing contact angle measurements to
systematically probe the impacts of solution chemistry (pH, ionic strength, ion valence, etc.) …

The interaction forces acting between colloidal particles in suspensions play an important
part in determining the properties of a variety of materials, the behaviour of a range of …

An “extended DLVO” approach that includes Lifshitz–van der Waals, Lewis acid–base, and
electrostatic double layer interactions is used to describe interaction energies between …

It is of great importance to propose effective methods to quantify interfacial interaction since
it directly determines foulant adhesion and membrane fouling process in membrane …

A laboratory-scale membrane filtration cell was constructed to enable direct microscopic
observation of microbial cell deposition and release in cross-flow microfiltration. Initial …

The free-volume depth profile of asymmetric polymeric membrane systems prepared by
interfacial polymerization is studied using positron annihilation spectroscopy coupled with a …

In this study, the adhesion of two bacterial strains (Pseudomonas stutzeri PS, and
Staphylococcus epidermidis, SE) to the glass and the indium tin oxide (ITO)-coated glass …