This is preliminary data for air permeability in track-etched membranes for membranes with different pore radius.
For comparison here is a table of the performance characteristics for TE membranes
Measured data is of the same order as official TE membranes data.
W407 (non treated) in different NaCl salt concentrations (benchtop) : At t=0 In order (from l-r)1. 0.5 M NaCl2. 1.0 M NaCl3. 2.0 M NaCl At t=24 hrs. At t=53 hrs. At t=6 hrs and t=12 hrs the chips were not found to be discolored.This was carried out to test the stability of the membranes…
This is the original contact angle study performed using the DeLouise Lab’s Rame-Hart contact angle measurement tool. The entire study was performed on 8/1/06-8/10/06. Observations: Contact angles of non-plasma oxidized samples start ~60 degrees and increase over about 10 hrs to ~75 degrees. Keeping the samples in diH2O halts this gradual increase. Plasma oxidized samples…
Yesterday I found a bug in the pore image processor. The “i” hotkey is supposed to save the current image, but it wasn’t working. I contacted Mike Bindschadler and he fixed it. The updated version can be found here. The only change is in the “pore_processing_gui_call” .m file. Happy processing!
At some point, when things settle down, I’ll create a page dedicated to the TECAN machine and document all of the troubleshooting and tricks I’ve learned so far. Before that happens I have another mystery to solve. Take a look at the following three scans: This first are some scans of BSA filtrates from…
This is the third installment in a series of posts focused on the development of a method for measuring barrier permeability in the µSiM. In Part 1 we discussed the goal of making these measurements in situ at a position beneath the membrane. In Part 2 we validated this approach experimentally on the Andor Dragonfly…
Using fresh tips, I re-ran the scans of amorphous Si films deposited at different biases. Recall that our theory states that interface roughness between the Si/SiO2 is an important determinant for ultimate pore morphology. A rough interface will suppress nucleation, which is why we observe low porosity with zero bias. The 05 W condition decreases…
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At what pressure was the data in the table acquired?