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Bacterial cellulose-graphene oxide composite membranes with enhanced fouling resistance for bio-effluents management 用于生物废水处理的抗污能力更强的细菌纤维素-氧化石墨烯复合膜

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npj Clean Water Pub Date : 2024-10-25 DOI: 10.1038/s41545-024-00403-9

Ishfaq Showket Mir, Ali Riaz, Julie Fréchette, Joy Sankar Roy, James Mcelhinney, Sisi Pu, Hari Kalathil Balakrishnan, Jesse Greener, Ludovic F. Dumée, Younès Messaddeq

{"title":"Bacterial cellulose-graphene oxide composite membranes with enhanced fouling resistance for bio-effluents management","authors":"Ishfaq Showket Mir, Ali Riaz, Julie Fréchette, Joy Sankar Roy, James Mcelhinney, Sisi Pu, Hari Kalathil Balakrishnan, Jesse Greener, Ludovic F. Dumée, Younès Messaddeq","doi":"10.1038/s41545-024-00403-9","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41545-024-00403-9","url":null,"abstract":"Bacterial cellulose composites hold promise as renewable bioinspired materials for industrial and environmental applications. However, their use as free-standing water filtration membranes is hindered by low compressive strength, fouling, and poor contaminant selectivity. This study investigates the potential of bacterial cellulose-graphene oxide composites membranes for fouling resistance in pressure-driven filtration. Graphene oxide dispersed in poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG-400) is incorporated as a reinforcing filler into 3D network of bacterial cellulose using an in-situ synthesis method. The effect of graphene oxide on in situ fermentation yield and the formation of percolated-network in the composites shows that the optimal membrane properties are reached at a graphene oxide loading of 2 mg/mL. The two-dimensional graphene oxide nanosheets uniformly dispersed into the matrix of bacterial cellulose nanofibers via hydrogen-bonded interactions demonstrated nearly twofold higher water flux (380 L m−2 h−1) with a molecular weight cut-off ranging between 100–200 KDa and a sixfold increase in wet compression strength than pristine BC. When exposed to synthetic organic foulants and bacterial rich feed solutions, the composite membranes showed more than 95% flux recovery. Additionally, the membranes achieved over 95% rejection of synthetic natural organic matter and bacterial rich solutions, showcasing their enhanced fouling resistance and selectivity.","PeriodicalId":19375,"journal":{"name":"npj Clean Water","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":10.4,"publicationDate":"2024-10-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.nature.com/articles/s41545-024-00403-9.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142490466","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Training caretakers to clean community wells is a highly cost-effective way to reduce exposure to coliform bacteria 培训看护人清洁社区水井是减少大肠菌群暴露的一种极具成本效益的方法

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npj Clean Water Pub Date : 2024-10-23 DOI: 10.1038/s41545-024-00401-x

Md. Ahasan Habib, Serena Cocciolo, Md. Mir Abu Raihan, Prosun Bhattacharya, Anna Tompsett

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Uncovering pathway and mechanism of simultaneous thiocyanate detoxicity and nitrate removal through anammox and denitrification 通过anammox和反硝化作用揭示硫氰酸盐同时解毒和去除硝酸盐的途径和机制

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npj Clean Water Pub Date : 2024-10-22 DOI: 10.1038/s41545-024-00402-w

Xue Chen, Fuang Duan, Xi Yu, Yuyang Xie, Zhibin Wang, Shou-Qing Ni

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Author Correction: The enhancement of anammox by graphene-based and iron-based nanomaterials in performance and mechanisms 作者更正：石墨烯基和铁基纳米材料在性能和机理上对anammox的增强作用

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npj Clean Water Pub Date : 2024-10-21 DOI: 10.1038/s41545-024-00405-7

Shu Wang, Kaoming Zhang, Yu Miao, Zhu Wang

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Assessing the influence of environmental variables on energy efficiency changes in the provision of drinking water services 评估环境变量对提供饮用水服务过程中能效变化的影响

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npj Clean Water Pub Date : 2024-10-10 DOI: 10.1038/s41545-024-00400-y

Ramon Sala-Garrido, Manuel Mocholi-Arce, Alexandros Maziotis, Maria Molinos-Senante

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Modelling scenarios for water supply and sanitation technologies in Jordan 约旦供水和卫生技术模拟方案

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npj Clean Water Pub Date : 2024-10-10 DOI: 10.1038/s41545-024-00398-3

Margarita Garfias Royo, Himanshu Parikh, Luiza Campos, Samer Talozi, Priti Parikh

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Sustainable cost recovery principles can drive equitable, ongoing funding of critical urban sanitation services 可持续成本回收原则可推动公平、持续地为重要的城市环卫服务供资

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npj Clean Water Pub Date : 2024-10-10 DOI: 10.1038/s41545-024-00399-2

Naomi Carrard, Juliet Willetts, Antoinette Kome, Rajeev Munankami

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Quantitative Raman analysis of microplastics in water using peak area ratios for concentration determination 利用峰面积比确定水中微塑料的浓度，对其进行定量拉曼分析

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npj Clean Water Pub Date : 2024-10-09 DOI: 10.1038/s41545-024-00397-4

Eun Su Jung, Jin Hyun Choe, Jin Seok Kim, Da Won Ahn, JinUk Yoo, Tae Min Choi, Sung Gyu Pyo

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Chemical, ecotoxicological characteristics, environmental fate, and treatment methods applied to cyanide-containing wastewater 含氰废水的化学、生态毒理学特征、环境归宿和处理方法

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npj Clean Water Pub Date : 2024-10-05 DOI: 10.1038/s41545-024-00392-9

Katherine Vaca-Escobar, David Arregui-Almeida, Patricio Espinoza-Montero

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Indicators for evaluating shared sanitation quality: a systematic review and recommendations for sanitation monitoring 评价共享环境卫生质量的指标：系统审查和环境卫生监测建议

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npj Clean Water Pub Date : 2024-10-04 DOI: 10.1038/s41545-024-00386-7

Sarah Lebu, Lauren Sprouse, John Apambilla Akudago, Carrie Baldwin-SoRelle, Chimdi C. Muoghalu, Carmen Anthonj, Barbara Evans, Joe Brown, Jamie Bartram, Musa Manga

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