Importance of small loops within PIM-1 topology on gas separation selectivity in thin film composite membranes
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Foster, Andrew B.
Beal, Joseph L.

Tamaddondar, Marzieh
Luque-Alled, Jose Miguel
Robertson, Ben
Mathias, Michael
Gorgojo, Patricia

Budd, Peter M.

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2021Permanent link to this record
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Studies of blends of topologically distinct samples of the polymer of intrinsic microporosity PIM-1 provide, for the CO$^{2}/N$_{2} gas pair, insight into the optimum loop topology required for high selectivity and permeance of thin film composite (TFC) membranes.Citation
Foster, A. B., Beal, J. L., Tamaddondar, M., Luque-Alled, J. M., Robertson, B., Mathias, M., … Budd, P. M. (2021). Importance of small loops within PIM-1 topology on gas separation selectivity in thin film composite membranes. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. doi:10.1039/d1ta03712aSponsors
P. M. B., M. T. and A. B. F. would like to thank the support of Programme Grant EP/M01486X/1 (SynFabFun) funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC). We thank Emma Enston, Anne Davies, Martin Jennings and Teruo Hashimoto for their assistance in obtaining the MALDITOF mass spectra, elemental analysis and TEM analysis, respectively. We thank Prof. Ingo Pinnau (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia) for kindly providing the porous polyacrylonitrile (PAN) membrane (Sepro PA350 ultrafiltration membrane) used in preparation of TFC membranes.Publisher
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)Journal
JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY AAdditional Links
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