Formation of surface skin layer of asymmetric polyimide membranes and their gas transport properties

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 137, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 241-250

  Kawakami, Hiroyoshi ^a   Mikawa, Masato ^a   Nagaoka, Shoji ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asymmetric polyimide membrane; Charge transfer complex; Gas permeance; Gas selectivity; Gas separations; Surface skin layer

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHARGE TRANSFER; POLYIMIDES; POLYMERIC MEMBRANES; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

ASYMMETRIC POLYIMIDE MEMBRANE; SURFACE SKIN LAYER;

GAS PERMEABLE MEMBRANES;

GAS PERMEATION; MEMBRANE; TRANSPORT;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; GAS TRANSPORT; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031585746     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0376-7388(97)00198-1     Document Type: Article

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