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Wu B; Wang R; Fane AG, 2017, 'The roles of bacteriophages in membrane-based water and wastewater treatment processes: A review', Water Research, 110, pp. 120 - 132, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2016.12.004

Zamani F; Jayaraman P; Akhondi E; Krantz WB; Fane AG; Chew JW, 2017, 'Extending the uppermost pore diameter measureable via Evapoporometry', Journal of Membrane Science, 524, pp. 637 - 643, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2016.11.082

Wang J; Wu B; Liu Y; Fane AG; Chew JW, 2017, 'Effect of fluidized granular activated carbon (GAC) on critical flux in the microfiltration of particulate foulants', Journal of Membrane Science, 523, pp. 409 - 417, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2016.09.039

Wu B; Zamani F; Lim W; Liao D; Wang Y; Liu Y; Chew JW; Fane AG, 2017, 'Effect of mechanical scouring by granular activated carbon (GAC) on membrane fouling mitigation', Desalination, 403, pp. 80 - 87, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.desal.2015.12.003

Zhao S; Minier-Matar J; Chou S; Wang R; Fane AG; Adham S, 2017, 'Gas field produced/process water treatment using forward osmosis hollow fiber membrane: Membrane fouling and chemical cleaning', Desalination, 402, pp. 143 - 151, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.desal.2016.10.006

Yeo BJL; Goh S; Livingston AG; Fane AG, 2017, 'Controlling biofilm development in the extractive membrane bioreactor', Separation Science and Technology (Philadelphia), 52, pp. 113 - 121, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01496395.2016.1246569

Tian M; Wang YN; Wang R; Fane AG, 2017, 'Synthesis and characterization of thin film nanocomposite forward osmosis membranes supported by silica nanoparticle incorporated nanofibrous substrate', Desalination, 401, pp. 142 - 150, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.desal.2016.04.003

Tan WS; Suwarno SR; An J; Chua CK; Fane AG; Chong TH, 2017, 'Comparison of solid, liquid and powder forms of 3D printing techniques in membrane spacer fabrication', Journal of Membrane Science, 537, pp. 283 - 296, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2017.05.037

Han L; Xiao T; Tan YZ; Fane AG; Chew JW, 2017, 'Contaminant rejection in the presence of humic acid by membrane distillation for surface water treatment', Journal of Membrane Science, 541, pp. 291 - 299, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2017.07.013

Wang J; Fane AG; Chew JW, 2017, 'Effect of bubble characteristics on critical flux in the microfiltration of particulate foulants', Journal of Membrane Science, 535, pp. 279 - 293, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2017.04.047

Tanudjaja HJ; Tarabara VV; Fane AG; Chew JW, 2017, 'Effect of cross-flow velocity, oil concentration and salinity on the critical flux of an oil-in-water emulsion in microfiltration', Journal of Membrane Science, 530, pp. 11 - 19, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2017.02.011

Choi Y; Naidu G; Jeong S; Vigneswaran S; Lee S; Wang R; Fane AG, 2017, 'Experimental comparison of submerged membrane distillation configurations for concentrated brine treatment', Desalination, 420, pp. 54 - 62, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.desal.2017.06.024

Zamani F; Tanudjaja HJ; Akhondi E; Krantz WB; Fane AG; Chew JW, 2017, 'Flow-field mitigation of membrane fouling (FMMF) via manipulation of the convective flow in cross-flow membrane applications', Journal of Membrane Science, 526, pp. 377 - 386, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2016.12.055

Wu B; Suwarno SR; Tan HS; Kim LH; Hochstrasser F; Chong TH; Burkhardt M; Pronk W; Fane AG, 2017, 'Gravity-driven microfiltration pretreatment for reverse osmosis (RO) seawater desalination: Microbial community characterization and RO performance', Desalination, 418, pp. 1 - 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.desal.2017.05.024

Wu B; Christen T; Tan HS; Hochstrasser F; Suwarno SR; Liu X; Chong TH; Burkhardt M; Pronk W; Fane AG, 2017, 'Improved performance of gravity-driven membrane filtration for seawater pretreatment: Implications of membrane module configuration', Water Research, 114, pp. 59 - 68, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2017.02.022

Akhondi E; Zamani F; Law AWK; Krantz WB; Fane AG; Chew JW, 2017, 'Influence of backwashing on the pore size of hollow fiber ultrafiltration membranes', Journal of Membrane Science, 521, pp. 33 - 42, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2016.08.070

Tan YZ; Han L; Chow WH; Fane AG; Chew JW, 2017, 'Influence of module orientation and geometry in the membrane distillation of oily seawater', Desalination, 423, pp. 111 - 123, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.desal.2017.09.019

Ho JS; Sim LN; Webster RD; Viswanath B; Coster HGL; Fane AG, 2017, 'Monitoring fouling behavior of reverse osmosis membranes using electrical impedance spectroscopy: A field trial study', Desalination, 407, pp. 75 - 84, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.desal.2016.12.012

She Q; Zhang L; Wang R; Krantz WB; Fane AG, 2017, 'Pressure-retarded osmosis with wastewater concentrate feed: Fouling process considerations', Journal of Membrane Science, 542, pp. 233 - 244, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2017.08.022

Oh HS; Tan CH; Low JH; Rzechowicz M; Siddiqui MF; Winters H; Kjelleberg S; Fane AG; Rice SA, 2017, 'Quorum quenching bacteria can be used to inhibit the biofouling of reverse osmosis membranes', Water Research, 112, pp. 29 - 37, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2017.01.028

Naidu G; Jeong S; Johir MAH; Fane AG; Kandasamy J; Vigneswaran S, 2017, 'Rubidium extraction from seawater brine by an integrated membrane distillation-selective sorption system', Water Research, 123, pp. 321 - 331, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2017.06.078

Wu B; Li Y; Lim W; Lee SL; Guo Q; Fane AG; Liu Y, 2017, 'Single-stage versus two-stage anaerobic fluidized bed bioreactors in treating municipal wastewater: Performance, foulant characteristics, and microbial community', Chemosphere, 171, pp. 158 - 167, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2016.12.069

Tummons EN; Chew JW; Fane AG; Tarabara VV, 2017, 'Ultrafiltration of saline oil-in-water emulsions stabilized by an anionic surfactant: Effect of surfactant concentration and divalent counterions', Journal of Membrane Science, 537, pp. 384 - 395, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2017.05.012

Han L; Tan YZ; Netke T; Fane AG; Chew JW, 2017, 'Understanding oily wastewater treatment via membrane distillation', Journal of Membrane Science, 539, pp. 284 - 294, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2017.06.012

Winters H; Chong TH; Fane AG; Krantz W; Rzechowicz M; Saeidi N, 2016, 'The involvement of lectins and lectin-like humic substances in biofilm formation on RO membranes - is TEP important?', Desalination, 399, pp. 61 - 68, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.desal.2016.07.036

Ho JS; Low JH; Sim LN; Webster RD; Rice SA; Fane AG; Coster HGL, 2016, 'In-situ monitoring of biofouling on reverse osmosis membranes: Detection and mechanistic study using electrical impedance spectroscopy', Journal of Membrane Science, 518, pp. 229 - 242, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2016.06.043

Goh K; Karahan HE; Wei L; Bae TH; Fane AG; Wang R; Chen Y, 2016, 'Carbon nanomaterials for advancing separation membranes: A strategic perspective', Carbon, 109, pp. 694 - 710, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.carbon.2016.08.077

Tanudjaja HJ; Pee W; Fane AG; Chew JW, 2016, 'Effect of spacer and crossflow velocity on the critical flux of bidisperse suspensions in microfiltration', Journal of Membrane Science, 513, pp. 101 - 107, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2016.04.040

Wang J; Zamani F; Cahyadi A; Toh JY; Yang S; Wu B; Liu Y; Fane AG; Chew JW, 2016, 'Correlating the hydrodynamics of fluidized granular activated carbon (GAC) with membrane-fouling mitigation', Journal of Membrane Science, 510, pp. 38 - 49, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2016.03.009

Zamani F; Ullah A; Akhondi E; Tanudjaja HJ; Cornelissen ER; Honciuc A; Fane AG; Chew JW, 2016, 'Impact of the surface energy of particulate foulants on membrane fouling', Journal of Membrane Science, 510, pp. 101 - 111, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2016.02.064

Li W; Liu X; Wang Y; Chong TH; Tang CY; Fane AG, 2016, 'Analyzing the evolution of membrane fouling via a novel method based on 3D optical coherence tomography imaging', Environmental Science & Technology, 50, pp. 6930 - 6939, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.6b00418

Tan WS; Chua CK; Chong TH; Fane AG; Jia A, 2016, '3D printing by selective laser sintering of polypropylene feed channel spacers for spiral wound membrane modules for the water industry', Virtual and Physical Prototyping, 11, pp. 151 - 158, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17452759.2016.1211925

Zhang L; She Q; Wang R; Wongchitphimon S; Chen Y; Fane AG, 2016, 'Unique roles of aminosilane in developing anti-fouling thin film composite (TFC) membranes for pressure retarded osmosis (PRO)', Desalination, 389, pp. 119 - 128, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.desal.2015.12.024

Qi S; Wang R; Chaitra GKM; Torres J; Hu X; Fane AG, 2016, 'Aquaporin-based biomimetic reverse osmosis membranes: Stability and long term performance', Journal of Membrane Science, 508, pp. 94 - 103, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2016.02.013

Minier-Matar J; Santos A; Hussain A; Janson A; Wang R; Fane AG; Adham S, 2016, 'Application of Hollow Fiber Forward Osmosis Membranes for Produced and Process Water Volume Reduction: An Osmotic Concentration Process', Environmental Science and Technology, 50, pp. 6044 - 6052, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.5b04801

Suwarno SR; Hanada S; Chong TH; Goto S; Henmi M; Fane AG, 2016, 'The effect of different surface conditioning layers on bacterial adhesion on reverse osmosis membranes', Desalination, 387, pp. 1 - 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.desal.2016.02.029

Li T; Law AWK; Jiang Y; Harijanto AK; Fane AG, 2016, 'Fouling control of submerged hollow fibre membrane bioreactor with transverse vibration', Journal of Membrane Science, 505, pp. 216 - 224, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2016.01.003

Ma Q; Cheng H; Fane AG; Wang R; Zhang H, 2016, 'Recent Development of Advanced Materials with Special Wettability for Selective Oil/Water Separation', Small, 12, pp. 2186 - 2202, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/smll.201503685

Goh K; Heising JK; Yuan Y; Karahan HE; Wei L; Zhai S; Koh JX; Htin NM; Zhang F; Wang R; Fane AG; Dekker M; Dehghani F; Chen Y, 2016, 'Sandwich-Architectured Poly(lactic acid)-Graphene Composite Food Packaging Films', ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 8, pp. 9994 - 10004, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsami.6b02498

Wu B; Hochstrasser F; Akhondi E; Ambauen N; Tschirren L; Burkhardt M; Fane AG; Pronk W, 2016, 'Optimization of gravity-driven membrane (GDM) filtration process for seawater pretreatment', Water Research, 93, pp. 133 - 140, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2016.02.021

Ho JS; Sim LN; Gu J; Webster RD; Fane AG; Coster HGL, 2016, 'A threshold flux phenomenon for colloidal fouling in reverse osmosis characterized by transmembrane pressure and electrical impedance spectroscopy', Journal of Membrane Science, 500, pp. 55 - 65, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2015.11.006

Tummons EN; Tarabara VV; Chew JW; Fane AG, 2016, 'Behavior of oil droplets at the membrane surface during crossflow microfiltration of oil-water emulsions', Journal of Membrane Science, 500, pp. 211 - 224, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2015.11.005

Loh CH; Zhang Y; Goh S; Wang R; Fane AG, 2016, 'Composite hollow fiber membranes with different poly(dimethylsiloxane) intrusions into substrate for phenol removal via extractive membrane bioreactor', Journal of Membrane Science, 500, pp. 236 - 244, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2015.12.001

Wu B; Wang Y; Lim W; Chew JW; Fane AG; Liu Y, 2016, 'Enhanced performance of submerged hollow fibre microfiltration by fluidized granular activated carbon', Journal of Membrane Science, 499, pp. 47 - 55, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2015.10.050

Sim LN; Gu J; Coster HGL; Fane AG, 2016, 'Quantitative determination of the electrical properties of RO membranes during fouling and cleaning processes using electrical impedance spectroscopy', Desalination, 379, pp. 126 - 136, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.desal.2015.11.006

Wang J; Wu B; Yang S; Liu Y; Fane AG; Chew JW, 2016, 'Characterizing the scouring efficiency of Granular Activated Carbon (GAC) particles in membrane fouling mitigation via wavelet decomposition of accelerometer signals', Journal of Membrane Science, 498, pp. 105 - 115, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2015.09.061

Loo SL; Krantz WB; Hu X; Fane AG; Lim TT, 2016, 'Impact of solution chemistry on the properties and bactericidal activity of silver nanoparticles decorated on superabsorbent cryogels', Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 461, pp. 104 - 113, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcis.2015.09.007

Li W; Chen KK; Wang Y; Krantz WB; Fane AG; Tang CY, 2016, 'A conceptual design of spacers with hairy structures for membrane processes', Journal of Membrane Science, 510, pp. 314 - 325, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2016.03.021

She Q; Wei J; Ma N; Sim V; Fane AG; Wang R; Tang CY, 2016, 'Fabrication and characterization of fabric-reinforced pressure retarded osmosis membranes for osmotic power harvesting', Journal of Membrane Science, 504, pp. 75 - 88, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2016.01.004

She Q; Wang R; Fane AG; Tang CY, 2016, 'Membrane fouling in osmotically driven membrane processes: A review', Journal of Membrane Science, 499, pp. 201 - 233, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2015.10.040


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