TY - BOOK ID - 7840403 TI - Synthetic Polymeric Membranes : Characterization by Atomic Force Microscopy AU - Khulbe, K. C. AU - Feng, C. Y. AU - Matsuura, Takeshi PY - 2008 SN - 1281139858 9786611139858 3540739947 3540739939 3642093272 PB - Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Polymeric membranes. KW - Food KW - Chemical engineering. KW - Chemistry. KW - Polymer Sciences. KW - Science, general. KW - Industrial Chemistry/Chemical Engineering. KW - Biomedicine general. KW - Analytical Chemistry. KW - Food Science. KW - Biotechnology. KW - Chemistry, Industrial KW - Engineering, Chemical KW - Industrial chemistry KW - Engineering KW - Chemistry, Technical KW - Metallurgy KW - Food biotechnology KW - Biotechnology KW - Genetically modified foods KW - Polymer membranes KW - Membranes (Technology) KW - Inorganic polymers. KW - Inorganic compounds KW - Polymers KW - Artificial membranes KW - Separation (Technology) KW - Technology KW - Polymers. KW - Medicine. KW - Analytical biochemistry. KW - Food science. KW - Science, Humanities and Social Sciences, multidisciplinary. KW - Science KW - Analytic biochemistry KW - Biochemistry KW - Chemistry, Analytic KW - Clinical sciences KW - Medical profession KW - Human biology KW - Life sciences KW - Medical sciences KW - Pathology KW - Physicians KW - Polymere KW - Polymeride KW - Polymers and polymerization KW - Macromolecules KW - Polymers . KW - Analytical chemistry. KW - Food—Biotechnology. KW - Biomedicine, general. KW - Health Workforce KW - Analysis, Chemical KW - Analytical chemistry KW - Chemical analysis KW - Metallurgical analysis KW - Mineralogy, Determinative KW - Analytic chemistry KW - Chemistry UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:7840403 AB - Tis book concentrates on atomic force microscopy (AFM), a method recently - veloped to study the surfaces of synthetic polymeric membranes. AFM is becoming a very important tool for the characterization of synthetic polymeric membranes. Te development of membranes of improved performance depends on the exact kn- ledge of the morphology of a thin selective layer that exists at the surface of the m- brane. Te control of the morphology of the selective layer is crucial for the design of synthetic polymeric membranes. With a relatively short history of only twen- ?ve years, AFM has ?rmly established its position as a method to characterize the membrane surface. Each chapter of this book includes information on basic principles, commercial applications, current research, and guidelines for future research. Each chapter is summarized at the end and contains a comprehensive list of references. Te introductory chapter gives a brief overview of synthetic polymeric m- branes and their applications both in industrial processes and in biomedical ?elds. It also gives an overview of studies on membrane surface morphology by various methods. Chapter ? deals with the synthesis of membranes, the properties of membranes, and the application of membranes. Te beginning also identi?es the three types of membranes (i.e., biological, synthetic, and theoretical) and their applications. ER -