Front Cover -- Antibiofouling Membranes for Water and Wastewater Treatment -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 Introduction to antibiofouling membranes: current status and recent developments -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Basic principles of antibiofouling -- 1.2.1 Mechanisms and influencing factors of biofouling -- 1.2.2 Antibiofouling strategies -- 1.3 Development of antibiofouling membranes -- 1.3.1 Historical development of antibiofouling membranes -- 1.3.2 Classifications of antibiofouling membranes -- 1.3.2.1 Biofouling-resistant membranes
1.3.2.2 Biofouling-degrading membranes -- 1.3.2.2.1 Contact-killing antibiofouling membranes -- 1.3.2.2.2 Release-killing antibiofouling membranes -- 1.3.2.3 Bio-regulated antibiofouling membranes -- 1.3.2.4 Antibiofouling membranes based on combined strategies -- 1.4 Emerging techniques for the design and fabrication of antibiofouling membranes -- 1.4.1 Development of novel antimicrobial membranes -- 1.4.2 Development of antibiofouling membranes inspired by biology and biological processes -- 1.4.3 Artificial intelligence-assisted antibiofouling membrane design
1.5 Applications of antibiofouling membranes -- 1.5.1 Applications in wastewater pretreatment -- 1.5.2 Applications in advanced treatment of wastewater and desalination -- 1.6 Conclusion -- References -- 2 Fundamentals and principles of antibiofouling membranes -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Formation and development of membrane biofouling -- 2.3 Factors affecting membrane biofouling -- 2.3.1 Feedwater (or mixed liquor) properties -- 2.3.2 Operating conditions -- 2.3.3 Membrane characteristics -- 2.4 Membrane biofouling control strategies -- 2.4.1 Pretreatment of feedwater -- 2.4.2 Membrane cleaning
