How silver nanoparticles can help reduce biofouling in water filters
Channel: Science Showcase
Date: 2017-05-17

Coating reverse osmosis filters with silver - and especially silver nanoparticles - can help prevent biofouling and prolong their life. 

Here, Sean Zimmerman looks at how silver can be used to prevent biofouling - look out for a future video on reverse osmosis!

Created and narrated by Sean Zimmerman, Arizona State University. 

This video was made with the support of the NSF-funded Nanotechnology-Enabled Water Treatment (NEWT) Engineering Research Center - a collaboration between Rice University, Arizona State University, Yale University, and the University of Texas El Paso. More at: http://www.newtcenter.org/