Atomic force microscopy as a tool for asymmetric polymeric membrane characterization

Sains Malaysiana

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 237-244

  Mohammad, Abdul Wahab ^a   Hilal, Nidal ^b   Pei, Lim Ying ^a   Mohd Amin, Indok Nurul Hasyimah ^a   Raslan, Rafeqah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atomic force microscopy (afm); Fouling; Hydrophobic; Membrane roughness

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; FOULING; HYDROPHOBICITY; MEMBRANE; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

EID: 79952941346     PISSN: 01266039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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