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Welcome
Our research focuses on membrane processes and colloidal and interfacial phenomena in environmental systems.
The following research themes and objectives define the scope of our current work:
Membrane processes
Improve fundamental understanding of physical and chemical processes governing transport of dissolved and colloidal species to and across membranes.
Multifunctional nanostructured membranes
Combine traditional membrane materials and preparation methods with novel nanomaterials and methods to develop membranes with additional functionalities.
Hybrid treatment systems
Identify and make use of synergies emerging from combining membrane separation with other processes.
Environmentally sustainable nanotechnology
Understand the relationship between physicochemical properties of synthetic nanomaterials and their transport and fate in natural and built environments.
Representative publications
- Taurozzi, J. S., C. A. Crock, V. V. Tarabara. C60 -polysulfone
nanocomposite membranes: Entropic and enthalpic determinants
of C60 aggregation and its effects on membrane properties. Desalination
269, 111-119 (2011)
- Shan, W., P. Bacchin, P. Aimar, M. L. Bruening, V. V. Tarabara.
Polyelectrolyte multilayer films as backflushable nanofiltration
membranes with tunable hydrophilicity and surface charge. J.
Membr. Sci. 349 (2010) 268-278
- Tarabara, V. V. Multifunctional nanomaterial-enabled membranes
for water treatment. In: Nanotechnology Applications: Solutions
for Clean Water. Eds: M. Diallo, J. Duncan, N. Savage,
R. Sustich, A. Street, 2009. 59-75
- Kim, J., W. Shan, S.H.R. Davies, M.J. Baumann, S.J. Masten,
V.V. Tarabara. Interactions of aqueous NOM with nanoscale TiO2:
Implications for ceramic membrane filtration-ozonation hybrid
process. Environ. Sci. Technol. 43,
14 (2009) 5488-5494
- Taurozzi, J. S., Arul, H., Bosak, V. Z., Burban, A. F., Voice,
T. C., Bruening, M. L., V. V. Tarabara. Effect of filler incorporation
route on the properties of polysulfone–silver nanocomposite
membranes of different porosities. J. Membr. Sci. 325
(2008) 58-68
- Wang, F., V. V. Tarabara. Coupled effects of colloidal deposition
and salt concentration polarization on reverse osmosis membrane
performance. J. Membr. Sci. 293 (2007)
111–123
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