Silica-polymers for processing gas separation membranes: High temperature growth of fractal structure

Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 117-134

  Maene, Norbert ^a   Nair, Balagopal N ^b   D'Hooghe, Paul ^a   Nakao, Shin Ichi ^c   Keizer, Klaas ^d  

^a FLEMISH INSTITUTE FOR TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH VITO   (Belgium)

^b Japan High Polymer Center   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cluster cluster aggregation; Fractal dimension; Membrane; SAXS; TEOS hydrolysis

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; CONDENSATION; HYDROLYSIS; POLYMERS; POROUS MATERIALS; SILICA; SOL-GELS; WATER; X RAY SCATTERING; AGGLOMERATION; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; POLYMERIC MEMBRANES; SILICATES;

CLUSTER-CLUSTER AGGREGATION; FRACTAL DIMENSION; GAS SEPARATION MEMBRANES; SMALL ANGLE X-RAY SCATTERING (SAXS); TETRA-ETHYL-ORTHO-SILICATE (TEOS) HYDROLYSIS; CLUSTER CLUSTER AGGREGATION; GAS SEPARATION MEMBRANE; SMALL ANGLE X RAY SCATTERING; TETRA ETHYL ORTHO SILICATE;

SILICATES; POLYMERS;

EID: 0032178566     PISSN: 09280707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008617412933     Document Type: Article

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