Thin-skinned intrinsically defect-free asymmetric mono-esterified hollow fiber precursors for crosslinkable polyimide gas separation membranes

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 493, Issue , 2015, Pages 252-262

  Ma, Canghai ^a   Zhang, Chen ^a   Labreche, Ying ^a   Fu, Shilu ^a   Liu, Lu ^a   Koros, William J ^a  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Defect free; Gas separations; High flux; Hollow fiber; Thin skinned

Indexed keywords

DEFECTS; ESTERS; FIBERS; FIBROUS MEMBRANES; IONIZATION OF GASES; POLYIMIDES; SEPARATION; SPINNING (FIBERS);

DEFECT-FREE; GAS SEPARATIONS; HIGH FLUX; HOLLOW FIBER; THIN-SKINNED;

GAS PERMEABLE MEMBRANES;

HELIUM; NATURAL GAS; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; PROPANEDIOL DERIVATIVE; TRIETHYLENE GLYCOL;

ARTICLE; CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS LINKING; ESTERIFICATION; EVAPORATION; GAS DIFFUSION; GAS PERMEABILITY; HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANE; HYDROPHILICITY; MEMBRANE FORMATION; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PHASE SEPARATION; PRECURSOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; THICKNESS; VISCOELASTICITY; VISCOSITY;

EID: 84937038078     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2015.06.018     Document Type: Article

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