Evaluation of surface roughness of a plasma treated polymeric membrane by wavelet analysis and quantification of its enhanced performance

Applied Surface Science

Volumn 255, Issue 5 PART 1, 2008, Pages 2504-2511

  Pal, S ^a   Ghatak, S K ^a   De, S ^a   DasGupta, S ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Fouling; Plasma treatment; Surface roughness; Ultrafiltration membrane; Wavelet analysis

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BODY FLUIDS; DISCRETE WAVELET TRANSFORMS; FOULING; HYDROPHILICITY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PLASMA APPLICATIONS; POLYMERIC MEMBRANES; POLYMERS; SURFACE TREATMENT; ULTRAFILTRATION; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

BOVINE SERUM ALBUMINS; EVALUATION OF SURFACE ROUGHNESS; OPTIMAL TREATMENT; PLASMA TREATMENT; SURFACE ROUGHNESS CHANGES; TRADITIONAL TECHNIQUES; ULTRA-FILTRATION MEMBRANES; WAVELET BASED ANALYSIS;

SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

EID: 56949103148     PISSN: 01694332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2008.07.184     Document Type: Article

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