Morphology and free volume of nanocomposite Teflon AF 2400 films and their relationship to transport behavior

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 443, Issue , 2013, Pages 115-123

  Zhang, Hong ^a   Wang, Sijia ^a   Weber, Stephen G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Core shell nanoparticles; Fluorophilic nanoparticles; Free volume; Mixed matrix membranes; Nanocomposites; Permeability

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERISTIC DISTANCE; CORE-SHELL NANOPARTICLES; DIFFERENT MECHANISMS; ENTRAINED PARTICLES; FRACTIONAL FREE VOLUME; FREE VOLUME PROPERTIES; MIXED MATRIX MEMBRANES; PLASTICIZED POLYMERS;

FREE VOLUME; GLASS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; MORPHOLOGY; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOPARTICLES; POLYMER FILMS; POLYMERIC MEMBRANES; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENES;

NANOCOMPOSITE FILMS;

NANOCOMPOSITE; NANOFILM; NANOSPHERE; POLITEF; POLYMER; SILICON DIOXIDE; TEFLON AF 2400; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; DENSITY; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; MORPHOLOGY; NANOANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84878664465     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2013.04.064     Document Type: Article

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