Location and quantification of biological foulants in a wet membrane structure by cross-sectional confocal laser scanning microscopy

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 453, Issue , 2014, Pages 282-291

  Marroquin, Milagro ^a   Vu, Anh ^b   Bruce, Terri ^c   Powell, Rhonda ^c   Wickramasinghe, S Ranil ^b   Husson, Scott M ^a  

^a Clemson University   (United States)

^b University of Arkansas   (United States)

^c CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Beverage clarification; FRET; Image analysis; Pore blockage model

Indexed keywords

COMPONENT INTERACTION; CONCENTRATION PROFILES; CONFOCAL LASER SCANNING MICROSCOPY; CROSS-SECTIONAL IMAGING; FRET; MICRO-FILTRATION MEMBRANES; POLYMERIC MICROFILTRATION MEMBRANES; PORE BLOCKAGES;

CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MEMBRANE FOULING; MICROFILTRATION; MIXTURES; POLYSACCHARIDES; PROTEINS;

MEMBRANES;

CASEIN; DEXTRAN; POLYETHERSULFONE; POLYMER;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; BIOFOULING; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; MICROFILTRATION; MICROFILTRATION MEMBRANE; NANOPROBE; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; THICKNESS;

EID: 84888781106     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2013.11.011     Document Type: Article

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