Characterisation of nanofiltration membranes using atomic force microscopy

Desalination

Volumn 177, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 187-199

  Hilal, Nidal ^a   Al Zoubi, H ^a   Darwish, N A ^b   Mohammad, A W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

^c UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Atomic force microscopy; Nanofiltration membranes; Pore size distribution; Surface morphology; Tip convolution

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; IMAGE PROCESSING; MEMBRANES; MORPHOLOGY; PORE SIZE; POROSITY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACES;

NANOFILTRATION MEMBRANES; TIP CONVOLUTION;

NANOFILTRATION;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; NANOFILTRATION; PORE SIZE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 27644563236     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2004.12.008     Document Type: Article

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