Nanotechnology Applications for Clean Water

Chapter 11 Water Treatment by Dendrimer-Enhanced Filtration: Principles and Applications

Mamadou S. Diallo ^{1, 2}

¹Materials and Process Simulation Center, Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA

²Department of Civil Engineering, Howard University, Washington, DC, USA

1. Introduction 144

2. Dendrimers as Recyclable Ligands for Cations 145

3. Dendrimers as Recyclable Ligands for Anions 149

4. Dendrimer-Enhanced Filtration: Overview and Applications 152

5. Summary and Outlook 153

Abstract

Pressure-driven membrane processes such as reverse osmosis (RO), nanofiltration (NF), ultrafiltration (UF), and microfiltration (MF) are emerging as key components of water purification ...