Rubbery polymer-inorganic nanocomposite membranes: Free volume characteristics on separation property

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 49, Issue 24, 2010, Pages 12444-12451

  Li, Ben ^a   Xu, Dan ^a   Zhang, Xiongfei ^a   Jiang, Zhongyi ^a   Wang, Yu ^a   Ma, Jing ^a   Dong, Xiao ^a   Wu, Hong ^a  

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CHAIN MOBILITY; FRACTIONAL FREE VOLUME; HIERARCHICAL STRUCTURES; INORGANIC INTERFACES; INORGANIC NANOTUBES; INTERFACIAL STRUCTURES; MEMBRANE SELECTIVITY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; MOLECULAR LEVELS; MOLECULAR TRANSPORT; NANOCOMPOSITE MEMBRANES; NANOSIZED VOIDS; PORE RADIUS DISTRIBUTION; POSITRON ANNIHILATION LIFETIME SPECTROSCOPY; PROOF OF PRINCIPLES; RATIONAL DESIGN; RUBBERY POLYMERS; SEPARATION PROPERTY; SOFT POLYMERS; TITANATE NANOTUBES;

FREE VOLUME; FUNCTIONAL POLYMERS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOTUBES; POLYMERS; POSITRON ANNIHILATION SPECTROSCOPY; POSITRONS;

MEMBRANES;

EID: 78650157366     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie101142b     Document Type: Article

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