Gas transport properties of polyacrylate/clay nanocomposites prepared via emulsion polymerization

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 363, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 48-56

  Herrera Alonso, Jose M ^a   Sedláková, Zdenka ^b   Marand, Eva ^a  

^a State University   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF MACROMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Barrier membranes; Emulsion polymerization; Nanocomposites; Phenomenological models

Indexed keywords

BARRIER MEMBRANE; BARRIER PROPERTIES; CLAY NANOCOMPOSITES; CLOISITE; CO-POLYMER SYSTEMS; GAS TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; MATRIX; METHYL METHACRYLATES; MODIFIED CLAYS; MONTMORILLONITE CLAY; N-BUTYL METHACRYLATE; PHENOMENOLOGICAL MODELS; POLY(N-BUTYL METHACRYLATE) (PN-BMA); POLYMER PARTICLE SIZE; PRISTINE POLYMERS; REACTIVE GROUP; SILICATE PLATELETS;

ACRYLIC MONOMERS; CLAY MINERALS; EMULSIFICATION; EMULSION POLYMERIZATION; ESTERS; GAS PERMEABILITY; ION EXCHANGE; ISOMERS; NANOCOMPOSITES; PLATELETS; SILICATE MINERALS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

GAS PERMEABLE MEMBRANES;

COPOLYMER; METHACRYLIC ACID METHYL ESTER; NANOCOMPOSITE; POLY(N BUTYL METHACRYLATE CO METHYL METHACRYLATE); POLY(N BUTYL METHACRYLATE); POLYACRYLIC ACID; POLYMER; SODIUM MONTMORILLONITE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CLAY; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; EMULSION; GAS PERMEABILITY; GAS TRANSPORT; ION EXCHANGE; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THERMOGRAVIMETRY;

EID: 77956271119     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2010.07.014     Document Type: Article

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