Preparation of organic-inorganic hybrid silica membranes using organoalkoxysilanes: The effect of pendant groups

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 379, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 287-295

  Li, Gang ^a   Kanezashi, Masakoto ^a   Tsuru, Toshinori ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gas permeation; Hydrogen; Methyltriethoxysilane; Organic inorganic hybrid silica; Silica membrane

Indexed keywords

GAS PERMEATION; GAS PERMEATION PROPERTIES; HYBRID SILICA; LARGE PORE SIZE; METHYLTRIETHOXYSILANE; MICRO-PORE STRUCTURES; ORGANIC-INORGANIC HYBRID; ORGANOALKOXYSILANES; PENDANT GROUPS; PHENYLTRIETHOXYSILANE; SILICA MATRIX; SILICA MEMBRANE; TETRAETHOXYSILANES; TRIETHOXYSILYL;

ETHANE; FLEXIBLE STRUCTURES; PERMEATION; PORE SIZE; SILICA; SOL-GEL PROCESS;

GAS PERMEABLE MEMBRANES;

1,2 BIS(TRIETHOXYSILYL)ETHANE; HYDROGEN; METHYLTRIETHOXYSILANE; ORGANOALKOXYSILANE; ORGANOSILICON DERIVATIVE; PHENYLTRIETHOXYSILANE; PROTON; SILANE DERIVATIVE; SILICON DIOXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; GAS PERMEABILITY; HYBRID; MEMBRANE COMPONENT; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; MICROPORE FILTER; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON TRANSPORT; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 79960628434     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2011.05.071     Document Type: Article

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