A comparative study of image analysis and porometry techniques for characterization of porous membranes

Journal of Materials Science

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 2017-2032

  AlMarzooqi, Faisal A ^a   Bilad, M R ^a   Mansoor, Bilal ^b   Arafat, Hassan A ^a  

^a KHALIFA UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY AT QATAR   (Qatar)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERIZATION; MEMBRANES; OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE; OPEN SYSTEMS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PORE SIZE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

CHARACTERIZATION METHODS; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; MEMBRANE PERFORMANCE; MEMBRANE PROPERTIES; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE MEMBRANES; POLYVINYLIDENE FLUORIDES; POROUS MEMBRANES; STRUCTURAL PARAMETER;

IMAGE ANALYSIS;

EID: 84953356697     PISSN: 00222461     EISSN: 15734803     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10853-015-9512-0     Document Type: Article

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