Biofilm thickness variability investigated with a laser triangulation sensor

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 619-629

  Okkerse, W J H ^a   Ottengraf, S P P ^a,b   Osinga Kuipers, B ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Colonies; Dichloromethane; Laser triangulation; Morphology; Surface roughness; Thickness measurement

Indexed keywords

BIOSENSORS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; FILM GROWTH; HYDRODYNAMICS; LASER APPLICATIONS; MORPHOLOGY; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT;

DICHLOROMETHANE; LASER TRIANGULATION SENSOR (LTS);

BIOFILMS;

DICHLOROMETHANE;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; HYDRODYNAMICS; LASER; SENSOR; THICKNESS;

EID: 0034694821     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0290(20001220)70:6<619::AID-BIT3>3.0.CO;2-4     Document Type: Article

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