Characterization of polyethersulfone-polyimide hollow fiber membranes by atomic force microscopy and contact angle goniometery

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 226, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 63-73

  Khulbe, K C ^a   Feng, C ^a   Matsuura, T ^a   Kapantaidakis, G C ^b   Wessling, M ^b   Koops, G H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Atomic force microscopy; Blend polymers; Contact angle; Hollow fiber PES PI

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CONTACT ANGLE; FLOW OF FLUIDS; MORPHOLOGY; POLYIMIDES; POLYSULFONES; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

AIR GAPS;

GAS PERMEABLE MEMBRANES;

POLYETHERSULFONE; POLYIMIDE;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CONTACT ANGLE; FLUID FLOW; GAS; GAS PERMEABILITY; GONIOMETRY; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE PROPERTY;

EID: 0242407555     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2003.08.011     Document Type: Article

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