Aromatic polyimide and crosslinked thermally rearranged poly(benzoxazole-co-imide) membranes for isopropanol dehydration via pervaporation

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 499, Issue , 2016, Pages 317-325

  Xu, Yi Ming ^a   Le, Ngoc Lieu ^a,b   Zuo, Jian ^a   Chung, Tai Shung ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Isopropanol dehydration; Pervaporation; Poly(benzoxazole co imide); Thermal crosslinking; Thermal rearrangement

Indexed keywords

AMINES; CROSSLINKING; DEHYDRATION; EVAPORATION; PERVAPORATION; POLYIMIDES;

BENZOXAZOLE; CROSSLINKING REACTION; HEXAFLUOROISOPROPYLIDENE; ISOPROPANOL DEHYDRATION; PERVAPORATION MEMBRANES; POLYIMIDE PRECURSORS; THERMAL CROSSLINKING; THERMAL REARRANGEMENT;

MEMBRANES;

2 PROPANOL; 3,3' DIHYDROXYBENZIDINE DIAMINE; 3,5 DIAMINOBENZOIC ACID; 4,4' (HEXAFLUOROISOPROPYLIDENE)DIPHTHALIC ANHYDRIDE; AROMATIC COMPOUND; BENZOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BENZOXAZOLE DERIVATIVE; IMIDE; PHTHALIC ANHYDRIDE; POLYIMIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CROSS LINKING; MEMBRANE BIOLOGY; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; PERVAPORATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION ANALYSIS; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 84946595013     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2015.10.059     Document Type: Article

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