Environmental Nanotechnology research group:
Membranes, particles, interfaces

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

 

 


Refereed journal articles / book chapters

2011

  1. 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 (2011) 111-119
  2. Byun, S., J. S. Taurozzi, A. L. Alpatova, F. Wang, V. V. Tarabara. Performance of ultrafiltration and nanofiltration polymeric membranes treating ozonated surface water: Effect of ozone dosage. Separ. Purif. Technol. 81 (2011) 270-278
  3. Corneal, L. M., M. J. Baumann, S. J. Masten, S. H. R. Davies, V. V. Tarabara, S. Byun. Mn oxide coated catalytic membranes for hybrid ozonation-membrane filtration: Membrane microstructural characterization. J. Membr. Sci. 369 (2011) 182-187
  4. Byun, S., Davies, S. H., Alpatova, A. L., Baumann, M. J., Corneal, L. M., Tarabara, V. V., S. J. Masten.
    Mn oxide coated catalytic membranes for a hybrid ozonation–membrane filtration: Comparison of Ti, Fe and Mn oxide coated membranes for water quality. Water Res. 45 (2011) 163-170

2010

  1. Wang, F., T. E. Davis, V. V. Tarabara. Crystallization of calcium sulfate dihydrate in the presence of colloidal silica. Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 49 (2010) 11344-11350
  2. Corneal, L. M., S. J. Masten, S. H. R. Davies, V. V. Tarabara, S. Byun, M. J. Baumann. AFM and SEM characterization of manganese oxide coated ceramic water filtration membranes. J. Membr. Sci. 360 (2010) 292-302
  3. 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
  4. Alpatova, A. L., Shan, W., Babica, P., Upham B. L., Rogensues, A. R., Masten, S. J., Drown, E., Mohanty, A. K., Alocilja, E. C., V. V. Tarabara. Single-walled carbon nanotubes dispersed in aqueous media via non-covalent functionalization: Effect of dispersant on the stability, cytotoxicity, and epigenetic toxicity of nanotube suspensions. Water Res. 44 (2010) 505-520
  5. Davies, S. H. R., M. J. Baumann, S. Byun, L. M. Corneal, V. V. Tarabara, S. J. Masten. Fabrication of catalytic ceramic membranes for water filtration. Water Sci. Technol. 10 (2010) 81-86

2009

  1. 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 (2009) 5488-5494
  2. Wang, F., V. V. Tarabara. Permeability of fiber-filled porous media: Kozeny-Carman-Ethier modeling approach. Environ. Eng. Sci. 26 (2009) 1149-1155
  3. 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. p. 59-75.

2008

  1. Wang, F., V. V. Tarabara. Pore blocking mechanisms during early stages of membrane fouling by colloids (Note) J. Colloid Interface Sci. 328 (2008) 464-469
  2. Taurozzi, J. S., H. Arul, V. Z. Bosak, A. F. Burban, T. C. Voice, M. L. Bruening, V. V. Tarabara. Effects of matrix porosity and silver incorporation route on the structure and function of polysulfone-silver nanocomposite ultrafiltration membranes. J. Membr. Sci. 325 (2008) 58-68

2007

  1. Kim, J., Davies, S. H. R., Baumann, M. J., Tarabara, V. V. , S. J. Masten. Combined effect of ozonation and hydrodynamic conditions on the permeate flux in a hybrid ozonation-ceramic ultrafiltration process. J. Membr. Sci. 311 (2007) 165-172
  2. 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
  3. Taurozzi, J., V. V. Tarabara. Silver nanoparticle arrays on track etch membrane support as flowthrough optical sensors for water quality control. Environ. Eng. Sci. 24 (2007) 122 -137
  4. Chen, X., J. Wang, Z. Paszti, F. Wang, J. N. Schrauben, V. Tarabara , A. Schmaier, Z. Chen . Ordered adsorption of coagulation factor XII on negatively charged polymer surfaces probed by sum frequency generation vibrational spectroscopy. Anal. Bioanal. Chem. 388 (2007) 65-72

2006

  1. Dhawan, A., J. S. Taurozzi, A. K. Pandey, W. Shan, S. M. Miller, S. A. Hashsham, V. V. Tarabara. Stable colloidal dispersions of C60 fullerenes in water: Evidence for genotoxicity. Environ. Sci. Technol. 40 (2006) 7394 - 7401

2001 - 2005

  1. Wiesner, M. R., V. V. Tarabara, M. M. Cortalezzi. Processes of particle deposition in membrane operation and fabrication . Water Sci. Technol. 51 (2005) 345-348
  2. Tarabara, V. V., M. R. Wiesner. Physical and transport properties of bentonite-cement composites: a new material for in-situ capping of contaminated underwater sediments, Environ. Eng. Sci. 22 (2005) 578-590
  3. Tarabara, V. V., I. Koyuncu, M. R. Wiesner. Effect of hydrodynamics and solution chemistry on permeate flux in crossflow filtration: Direct experimental observation of filter cake cross sections. J. Membr. Sci. 241 (2004) 65-78
  4. Tarabara, V. V., M. R. Wiesner. Computational fluid dynamics simulation of the flow in a laboratory membrane filtration cell (Technical Note.) Chem. Eng. Sci. 58 (2003) 239-246
  5. Tarabara, V. V., F. Pierrisnard, C. Parron, J.-Y. Bottero, M. R. Wiesner. Morphology of deposits formed from chemically heterogeneous suspensions: applications to membrane filtration. J. Colloid Interface Sci. 256 (2002) 367-377
  6. Tarabara, V. V., M. R. Wiesner. Morphological properties of fouling cakes formed from heterogeneous suspensions. In: Membrane Practices for Water Treatment , American Water Works Association Research Foundation, Denver, CO, 2001
  7. Tarabara, V. V., R. M. Hovinga, M. R. Wiesner. Constant transmembrane pressure versus constant permeate flux: Effect of particle size on crossflow membrane filtration. Environ. Eng. Sci. 19 (2002) 343-355
  8. Tarabara, V. V., R. M. Hovinga, M. R. Wiesner. Transient permeate flux analysis: model validation. Water Sci. Technol.: Water Supply 1 (2001) 21-30
  9. Tarabara, V. V., M. R. Wiesner. Effect of collision efficiency on the evolution of the surface of diffusion-limited deposits (Note.) J. Colloid Interface Sci. 237 (2001) 150-151

before 2001

  1. Tarabara, V. V., I. R. Nabiev, A. V. Feofanov. Surface-enhanced Raman scattering study of mercaptoethanol monolayer assemblies on silver citrate hydrosol. Preparation and characterization of modified hydrosol as a SERS-active substrate, Langmuir 14 (1998) 1092-1098