A simulation study on OH-containing polyimide (HPI) and thermally rearranged polybenzoxazoles (TR-PBO): Relationship between gas transport properties and free volume morphology

Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Volumn 118, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 2746-2757

  Park, Chi Hoon ^a   Tocci, Elena ^a   Kim, Seungju ^b   Kumar, Apurva ^c   Lee, Young Moo ^b   Drioli, Enrico ^a,b,d  

^a INSTITUTE ON MEMBRANE TECHNOLOGY   (Italy)

^b Hanyang University   (South Korea)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI   (India)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMAGE ANALYSIS; LASER SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULES; MORPHOLOGY; POLYIMIDES; SOLUBILITY; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

DIFFUSION BEHAVIOR; EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS; GAS TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; GRAND CANONICAL MONTE CARLO; HIGH FREE VOLUME POLYMERS; SIMULATION STUDIES; TRANSPORT BEHAVIOR; WIDE-ANGLE X-RAY DIFFRACTOMETERS;

FREE VOLUME;

EID: 84896276291     PISSN: 15206106     EISSN: 15205207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp411612g     Document Type: Article

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