Gas Separation Membranes Derived from High-Performance Immiscible Polymer Blends Compatibilized with Small Molecules

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 7, Issue 33, 2015, Pages 18618-18627

  Panapitiya, Nimanka P ^a   Wijenayake, Sumudu N ^a   Nguyen, Do D ^a   Huang, Yu ^a   Musselman, Inga H ^a   Balkus, Kenneth J ^a   Ferraris, John P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

compatibilizers; gas separations; immiscible polymer blends; membrane microstructure; small molecules

Indexed keywords

COMPATIBILIZERS; IONIZATION OF GASES; MEMBRANES; MICROSTRUCTURE; MOLECULES; POLYMER BLENDS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEPARATION;

BLEND MEMBRANES; CONTINUOUS PHASE; GAS SEPARATION MEMBRANE; GAS SEPARATIONS; IMMISCIBLE POLYMER BLENDS; POLYBENZIMIDAZOLE; SMALL MOLECULES; UNIFORM MICROSTRUCTURE;

GAS PERMEABLE MEMBRANES;

EID: 84940540165     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b04747     Document Type: Article

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