Design of gas separation membranes derived of rigid aromatic polyimides. 1. Polymers from diamines containing di-tert-butyl side groups

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 365, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 145-153

  Calle, Mariola ^a   Lozano, Angel E ^a   de Abajo, Javier ^a   de la Campa, José G ^a   Álvarez, Cristina ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIENCIA Y TECNOLOGÍA DE POLÍMEROS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fractional free volume; Gas permeability; Polyimides; Rigidity; X ray diffraction

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC POLYIMIDES; DECOMPOSITION TEMPERATURE; DIANHYDRIDES; FRACTIONAL FREE VOLUME; GAS PERMEATION PROPERTIES; GAS PRODUCTIVITY; GAS SEPARATION MEMBRANE; GAS SEPARATIONS; GLASS TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; HIGH THERMAL STABILITY; MOLECULAR MODELLING; PYROMELLITIC DIANHYDRIDE; ROD-LIKE STRUCTURES; SHORT RANGE ORDERS; TERT-BUTYLBENZENE;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; AROMATIC POLYMERS; BENZENE; DIFFRACTION; FREE VOLUME; GAS PERMEABILITY; GASES; GLASS TRANSITION; POLYIMIDES; POLYMERS; RIGIDITY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAYS;

GAS PERMEABLE MEMBRANES;

1,4 BIS(4 AMINOPHENOXY) 2,5 DI TERT BUTYLBENZENE; 1,4 BIS(4 AMINOPHENOXY)BENZENE; 2,2 BIS(4 AMINOPHENYL)HEXAFLUOROPROPANE; 3,3,4,4' BIPHENYLTETRACARBOXYLIC DIANHYDRIDE; 4,4' HEXAFLUOROISOPROPYLIDENE DIPHTHALIC ANHYDRIDE; AROMATIC COMPOUND; BENZENE DERIVATIVE; DIAMINE DERIVATIVE; MONOMER; POLYIMIDE; POLYMER; PROPANE; PYROMELLITIC DIANHYDRIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONFORMATION; DECOMPOSITION; MEMBRANE TECHNOLOGY; MOLECULAR MODEL; PERMEABILITY; PHASE TRANSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM YIELD; THERMOSTABILITY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 78049296412     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2010.08.051     Document Type: Article

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