Crosslinked polybenzimidazole membranes for organic solvent nanofiltration (OSN): Analysis of crosslinking reaction mechanism and effects of reaction parameters

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 493, Issue , 2015, Pages 568-579

  Valtcheva, Irina B ^a   Marchetti, Patrizia ^a   Livingston, Andrew G ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alkylation; Crosslinking reaction; Design of Experiments (DoE); Organic solvent nanofiltration (OSN); Polybenzimidazole (PBI)

Indexed keywords

ACETONITRILE; ALKYLATION; DESIGN OF EXPERIMENTS; NANOFILTRATION; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; TOLUENE;

CROSS-LINKING DEGREE; CROSSLINKING REACTION; MOLECULAR SEPARATION; ORGANIC SOLVENT NANOFILTRATION (OSN); PHYSICAL INTERPRETATION; POLYBENZIMIDAZOLE; REACTION TEMPERATURE; STATISTICAL APPROACH;

CROSSLINKING;

ACETONITRILE; BENZIMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; DIBROMOXYLENE; ORGANIC SOLVENT; POLYMER; TOLUENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XYLENE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS LINKING; MEMBRANE; NANOFILTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; REACTION ANALYSIS; REACTION TIME; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THICKNESS;

ACETONITRILE; ALKYLATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CONCENTRATION; MEMBRANES; PARAMETERS; SOLVENTS; TOLUENE;

EID: 85008648992     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2015.06.056     Document Type: Article

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