The development of high-performance 6FDA-NDA/DABA/POSS/Ultem® dual-layer hollow fibers for ethanol dehydration via pervaporation

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 447, Issue , 2013, Pages 163-176

  Le, Ngoc Lieu ^a   Tang, Yu Pan ^a,b   Chung, Tai Shung ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

6FDA NDA DABA; Dual layer; Ethanol dehydration; PALS; Pervaporation; POSS

Indexed keywords

6FDA-NDA/DABA; DUAL LAYER; ETHANOL DEHYDRATION; PALS; POSS;

DEHYDRATION; ETHANOL; EVAPORATION; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MEMBRANES; PERVAPORATION; VAPORS;

FIBERS;

(1,5 NAPHTHALENE 3,5 BENZOIC ACID 2,2' BIS(3,4 DICARBOXYPHENYL) HEXAFLUOROPROPANEDIMIDE; 2 PROPANOL; ALCOHOL; COPOLYMER; NANOPARTICLE; POLYHEDRAL OLIGOMERIC SILSESQUIOXANE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DEHYDRATION; DIFFUSION; HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANE; MORPHOLOGY; PERVAPORATION; POSITRON ANNIHILATION LIFETIME SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 84881517871     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2013.07.021     Document Type: Article

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