Investigation of membrane fouling at the microscale using isopore filters

Microfluidics and Nanofluidics

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 307-315

  Warkiani, Majid Ebrahimi ^a   Wicaksana, Filicia ^b,e   Fane, Anthony Gordon ^b,c   Gong, Hai Qing ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b Singapore Membrane Technology Centre ^*  (Singapore)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^d NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^e UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Filtration; Fouling; Isopore membrane; MEMS; Microfluidics

Indexed keywords

FILTRATION; FOULING; MEMBRANE FOULING; MEMBRANES; MEMS; MICROFLUIDICS; PORE SIZE; STEM CELLS;

COMMERCIAL MEMBRANES; FOULING MECHANISMS; MEMBRANE PORE SIZE; MICROFLUIDIC PLATFORMS; MICRON-SIZED PARTICLES; MICROSTRUCTURAL DEFECTS; PARTICLE DEPOSITIONS; TOTAL SURFACE AREA;

MICROFILTRATION;

EID: 84941075409     PISSN: 16134982     EISSN: 16134990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10404-014-1538-0     Document Type: Article

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