The effect of block length upon structure, physical properties, and transport within a series of sulfonated poly(arylene ether sulfone)s

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 430, Issue , 2013, Pages 106-112

  Fan, Yanfang ^a   Cornelius, Chris J ^a   Lee, Hae Seung ^b   McGrath, James E ^b   Zhang, Mingqiang ^b   Moore, Robert ^b   Staiger, Chad L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Block length; Copolymer; Gas transport; Ionomer; IR; Raman

Indexed keywords

APPARENT ACTIVATION ENERGY; BLOCK LENGTHS; BLOCK SIZES; DIMENSIONAL CHANGES; GAS TRANSPORT; POLYMER BLOCKS; POLYMER RELAXATIONS; RAMAN; SPACING DEPENDENCE; SULFONATED POLY(ARYLENE ETHER SULFONE); SULFONATED POLY(ARYLENE ETHER SULFONE)S; SWELLING MEASUREMENTS; TRADE-OFF RELATIONSHIP; VISCOELASTIC PROPERTIES; WATER SWELLING;

CARBON DIOXIDE; COPOLYMERS; IONOMERS; IRIDIUM; PHASE SEPARATION; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES;

ION EXCHANGE MEMBRANES;

CARBON DIOXIDE; HELIUM; HYDROGEN; OXIDE; POLY(ARYLENE ETHER SULFONE); POLYMER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; GAS PERMEABILITY; GAS TRANSPORT; GLASS TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; PHASE SEPARATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISCOELASTICITY;

EID: 84872186877     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2012.11.069     Document Type: Article

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