Facile evaluation of coating thickness on membranes using ATR-FTIR

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 492, Issue , 2015, Pages 348-354

  Bass, Maria ^a   Freger, Viatcheslav ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

ATR FTIR spectroscopy; Coating thickness measurement; Fouled membranes; Surface modification; Surface grafted substrates

Indexed keywords

COATINGS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; GRAFTING (CHEMICAL); MEMBRANES; POLYMERS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SUPERSATURATION; SURFACE TREATMENT; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT;

ATR FT-IR SPECTROSCOPIES; ATTENUATED TOTAL REFLECTIONS; COATING THICKNESS; EXTINCTION COEFFICIENTS; SEPARATION MEMBRANES; SUBSTRATE MATERIAL; SURFACE GRAFTED; ULTRA-FILTRATION MEMBRANES;

SUBSTRATES;

POLYMER;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BIOFOULING; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MATERIAL COATING; MEMBRANE; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION INDEX; SCANNING TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE PROPERTY; THICKNESS; TOTAL REFLECTION FOURIER TRANSFER INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84934973130     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2015.05.059     Document Type: Article

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