Microstructural parameters controlling gas permeability and permselectivity in polyimide membranes

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 349, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 25-34

  Bas, Corine ^a   Mercier, Régis ^a   Dauwe, Charles ^b   Albérola, N Dominique ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SAVOIE   (France)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Dynamic mechanical spectroscopy; Gas separation; Polyimides; Polymers; Positron annihilation; Spectrophotometry

Indexed keywords

COLOR INDEX; DATA COMPILATION; DENSITY MEASUREMENTS; DIFFERENT SCALE; DYNAMIC MECHANICAL SPECTROSCOPY; DYNAMIC MECHANICAL THERMAL ANALYSIS; EMPIRICAL MODEL; GAS MOLECULES; GAS PERMEATION PROPERTIES; GAS SEPARATION; GAS SEPARATIONS; GAS TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; LIFETIME SPECTROSCOPY; MICRO-STRUCTURAL; MICROSTRUCTURAL PARAMETERS; MOLECULAR DIAMETER; PERMSELECTIVITIES; POLYIMIDE MEMBRANES; SORPTION COEFFICIENTS; UV-VISIBLE SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; WIDE-ANGLE X-RAY SCATTERING;

CAPILLARITY; DYNAMIC MECHANICAL ANALYSIS; DYNAMICS; GAS PERMEABILITY; GASES; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; POLYIMIDES; POSITRON ANNIHILATION; POSITRON ANNIHILATION SPECTROSCOPY; PROBES; SORPTION; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; THERMOANALYSIS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

GAS PERMEABLE MEMBRANES;

POLYIMIDE;

ABSORPTION; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMIC MECHANICAL THERMAL ANALYSIS; GAS PERMEABILITY; GAS TRANSPORT; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; MOLECULE; PERMSELECTIVITY; POSITRONIUM ANNIHILATION LIFETIME SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION SCATTERING; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

EID: 74649083287     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2009.11.016     Document Type: Article

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