AFM study on surface morphology of Al2O3-SiO2-TiO2 composite ceramic membranes

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 136, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 153-160

  Zeng, Zhiqiang ^a   Xiao, Xiaoyue ^a   Gui, Zhilun ^a   Li, Longtu ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

AFM; Composite ceramic membranes; Surface morphology

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; COMPOSITION EFFECTS; MEMBRANES; MORPHOLOGY; SILICA; SILICATES; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; SURFACE TREATMENT; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

COMPOSITE CERAMIC MEMBRANES;

CERAMIC MATERIALS;

ALUMINUM OXIDE; SILICON DIOXIDE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CERAMICS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOICHIOMETRY; SURFACE PROPERTY;

EID: 0342601343     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0376-7388(97)00164-6     Document Type: Article

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