Development of a pore construction data analysis technique for investigating pore size distribution of ultrafiltration membranes by atomic force microscopy

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 429, Issue , 2013, Pages 373-383

  ElHadidy, Ahmed M ^a   Peldszus, Sigrid ^a   Van Dyke, Michele I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Atomic force microscopy (AFM); Image analysis; Pore density; Pore size distribution; Ultrafiltration membrane

Indexed keywords

AFM; AFM IMAGE; CONICAL PORES; CONSTRUCTION DATA; CONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUE; CROSS-SECTION METHOD; DATA ANALYSIS METHODS; DATA FILTER; MATLAB- SOFTWARE; MEMBRANE CHARACTERISTICS; MEMBRANE CHARACTERIZATION; MEMBRANE PORE SIZE DISTRIBUTION; MEMBRANE PORES; PORE DENSITIES; ULTRA-FILTRATION MEMBRANES;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PORE SIZE; ULTRAFILTRATION;

MEMBRANES;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHANNEL GATING; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DENSITY; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GEOMETRY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEMBRANE FILTER; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE PROPERTY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; ULTRAFILTRATION; VALIDATION STUDY;

EID: 84871663082     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2012.11.054     Document Type: Article

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