TY - JOUR
T1 - Novel gas separation membranes containing covalently bonded fullerenes
AU - Sterescu, D.M.
AU - Bolhuis-Versteeg, Lydia A.M.
AU - van der Vegt, N.F.A.
AU - Stamatialis, Dimitrios
AU - Wessling, Matthias
PY - 2004
Y1 - 2004
N2 - In this work, we report superior mass transport properties of polymers prepared by the covalent coupling of supermolecular carbon cages (e.g., fullerenes, bucky balls) to a poly(2,6-dimethyl-1,4-phenylene oxide) (PPO) polymer. Dispersing the bucky balls into the polymer reduces gas permeability, whereas covalent bonding enhances permeability up to 80% in comparison to the pure PPO. Gas pair selectivity, however, is not compromised and stays constant.
AB - In this work, we report superior mass transport properties of polymers prepared by the covalent coupling of supermolecular carbon cages (e.g., fullerenes, bucky balls) to a poly(2,6-dimethyl-1,4-phenylene oxide) (PPO) polymer. Dispersing the bucky balls into the polymer reduces gas permeability, whereas covalent bonding enhances permeability up to 80% in comparison to the pure PPO. Gas pair selectivity, however, is not compromised and stays constant.
KW - Fullerenes
KW - IR-49545
KW - Gas permeation
KW - Gas separation
KW - METIS-222137
KW - Membranes
U2 - 10.1002/marc.200400296
DO - 10.1002/marc.200400296
M3 - Article
VL - 25
SP - 1674
EP - 1678
JO - Macromolecular rapid communications
JF - Macromolecular rapid communications
SN - 1022-1336
IS - 19
ER -