Diffusivity enhancement of water vapor in poly(vinyl alcohol)-fumed silica nano-composite membranes: Correlation with polymer crystallinity and free-volume properties

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 325, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 831-839

  Lue, Shingjiang Jessie ^a   Lee, Da Tung ^a   Chen, Jeng Yo ^a   Chiu, Chun Hung ^a   Hu, Chien Chieh ^b   Jean, Y C ^c,d   Lai, Juin Yih ^d  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NANYA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

^d CHUNG YUAN CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Crystallinity; Diffusion coefficient; Nano composites; Poly(vinyl alcohol); Positron annihilation lifetime (PAL) spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

ABS RESINS; AMORPHOUS MATERIALS; CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; COMPOSITE MEMBRANES; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION IN LIQUIDS; LASER INTERFEROMETRY; MEMBRANES; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOPARTICLES; NANOSTRUCTURES; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES; POLYMERS; POSITRON ANNIHILATION; POSITRON ANNIHILATION SPECTROSCOPY; POSITRONS; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; SILICA; SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIALS; VAPORS; WATER CONTENT; WATER VAPOR;

AMORPHOUS CONTENTS; CRYSTALLINITY; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENTS; DIFFUSIVITY ENHANCEMENTS; FUMED SILICAS; GRAVIMETRIC METHODS; HOLE DENSITIES; HOLE SIZES; LIFE-TIMES; LINEAR COMBINATIONS; MEMBRANE FORMATIONS; POLY(VINYL ALCOHOL); POLYMER CRYSTALLINITY; POLYMERIC CHAINS; POSITRON ANNIHILATION LIFETIME (PAL) SPECTROSCOPY; POSITRON ANNIHILATION LIFETIME SPECTROSCOPIES; PVA COMPOSITES; VAPOR DIFFUSIONS; VOLUME PROPERTIES; WATER DIFFUSIVITIES;

FREE VOLUME;

NANOCOMPOSITE; NANOPARTICLE; POLYVINYL ALCOHOL; SILICON DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CRYSTALLIZATION; DESTRUCTION; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; FRACTIONATION; MEMBRANE FORMATION; POSITRONIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROSCOPY; WATER CONTENT; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 55749101740     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2008.09.015     Document Type: Article

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