Gas transport behavior of mixed-matrix membranes composed of silica nanoparticles in a polymer of intrinsic microporosity (PIM-1)

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 346, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 280-287

  Ahn, Juhyeon ^a,c   Chung, Wook Jin ^a   Pinnau, Ingo ^b   Song, Jingshe ^c   Du, Naiying ^c   Robertson, Gilles P ^c   Guiver, Michael D ^c  

^a Myong Ji University   (South Korea)

^b KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fumed silica nanoparticle; Gas permeability; Microporous organic polymer; Mixed matrix; Nanocomposite; Polymer of intrinsic microporosity (PIM 1)

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; FREE VOLUME; GAS PERMEABILITY; GAS PERMEABLE MEMBRANES; GASES; MICROPOROSITY; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOPARTICLES; ORGANIC POLYMERS; SILICA; SILICA NANOPARTICLES; VOID FRACTION;

FUMED SILICA NANOPARTICLES; INTRINSIC MICROPOROSITY; MICROPOROUS ORGANIC POLYMERS; MIXED MATRIX; MIXED MATRIX MEMBRANES; NANO-COMPOSITE MEMBRANES; POLYMERS OF INTRINSIC MICROPOROSITIES; STRUCTURAL MORPHOLOGY;

POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES;

CARBON DIOXIDE; HELIUM; HYDROGEN; METHANE; NANOMATERIAL; NANOPARTICLE; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; POLYMER; SILICON DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; GAS PERMEABILITY; GAS TRANSPORT; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THERMOGRAVIMETRY; THERMOSTABILITY;

EID: 71549164095     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2009.09.047     Document Type: Article

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