One of the grand challenges to sustain the modern society is to secure adequate water
resources of desirable quality for various designated uses. To address this challenge …

Infections are one of the main concerns of our era due to antibiotic-resistant infections and
the increasing costs in the health-care sector. Within this context, antimicrobial polymers …

Propensity towards anti-organic fouling, anti-biofouling property and low rejection of
multivalent cation (monovalent counter ion) restricts the application of the state-of-art poly …

Contact‐active antimicrobial polymer surfaces bear cationic charges and kill or deactivate
bacteria by interaction with the negatively charged parts of their cell envelope …

Copolymers are used as additive for membrane preparation. Hydrolytic stability of a
copolymer is enormous important for use in membrane preparation. Most of the polymers or …

A simultaneously antimicrobial, protein-repellent, and cell-compatible surface-attached
polymer network is reported, which reduces the growth of bacterial biofilms on surfaces …

Membrane with molecular selectivity, low fouling propensity and low pressure application is
beneficial for effective separation. Designing a multipurpose tight ultrafiltration (M-TUF) …

The synthesis and characterization of a bifunctional material containing antimicrobial and
antibiofouling components is presented. An end-functionalized antibiofouling poly …

Fouling propensity of a membrane depends on water wetting property and interaction of
foulants with the surface. Surface initiated polymerization usually leads to the grafting of …

A recent trend in the field of membrane research is the incorporation of nanoparticles into
polymeric membranes, which could produce synergistic effects when using different types of …