Veterinary pharmaceutical residues from natural water to tap water: sales, occurrence and fate

L Charuaud, E Jarde, A Jaffrezic, MF Thomas… - Journal of hazardous …, 2019 - Elsevier
Veterinary pharmaceuticals (VPs) increasingly used in animal husbandry have led to their
presence in aquatic environments–surface water (SW) or groundwater (GW)–and even in …

Polymeric antimicrobial membranes enabled by nanomaterials for water treatment

J Zhu, J Hou, Y Zhang, M Tian, T He, J Liu… - Journal of membrane …, 2018 - Elsevier
The application of polymer membranes in wastewater treatment and desalination is
widespread. Nevertheless, the longstanding biofouling issue on membrane surface has …

Removal of fluoride in membrane-based water and wastewater treatment technologies: Performance review

MM Damtie, YC Woo, B Kim, RH Hailemariam… - Journal of environmental …, 2019 - Elsevier
The presence of excess fluoride in aqueous media above local environmental standards
(eg, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) standard of 4 mg/L) affects the health of …

A critical review on recent polymeric and nano-enhanced membranes for reverse osmosis

A Giwa, N Akther, V Dufour, SW Hasan - Rsc Advances, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
In this paper, current and recent advances in polymeric and nano-enhanced membrane
development for reverse osmosis have been reported in terms of membrane performance …

Investigating the BSA protein adsorption and bacterial adhesion of Al‐alloy surfaces after creating a hierarchical (micro/nano) superhydrophobic structure

P Moazzam, A Razmjou, M Golabi… - … Research Part A, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Bacterial adhesion and subsequent biofilm formation on metals such as aluminum (Al)
alloys lead to serious issues in biomedical and industrial fields from both an economical and …

Fluoride as a global groundwater contaminant

R Kumar, S Ali, S Sandanayake, MA Islam… - Inorganic Contaminants …, 2024 - Elsevier
Fluoride is essential for the human body and a global groundwater contaminant (the
recommended WHO limit is 1.5 mg/L). The mobilization and genesis of fluoride depend on …

Effective anti-biofouling enabled by surface electric disturbance from water wave-driven nanogenerator

Y Long, Y Yu, X Yin, J Li, C Carlos, X Du, Y Jiang… - Nano energy, 2019 - Elsevier
Biofouling has been a long-last problem in a variety of marine systems which causes energy
waste and device damage. In this study, we present a self-activated anti-biofouling system …

Grafted polymer coatings enhance fouling inhibition by an antimicrobial peptide on reverse osmosis membranes

N Shtreimer Kandiyote, T Avisdris, CJ Arnusch… - Langmuir, 2018 - ACS Publications
Bacterial biofilms that are formed on surfaces are highly detrimental to many areas of
industry and medicine. Seawater desalination by reverse osmosis (RO) suffers from biofilm …

Fractionation of a galacto-oligosaccharides solution at low and high temperature using nanofiltration

S Pruksasri, TH Nguyen, D Haltrich… - Separation and Purification …, 2015 - Elsevier
Like in many applications, solutions of high sugar content can cause serious problems due
to microorganism contaminations. Hence, the main aim of this work was to study a …

Combination of selected enzymes with cetyltrimethylammonium bromide in biofilm inactivation, removal and regrowth

PA Araújo, I Machado, A Meireles, TO Leiknes… - Food Research …, 2017 - Elsevier
Enzymes are considered an innovative and environmentally friendly approach for biofilm
control due to their lytic and dispersal activities. In this study, four enzymes (β-glucanase, α …