TY - GEN
T1 - Permeability enhancement in nanoparticle filled polymeric membranes
AU - Matteucci, Scott T.
AU - Lin, Haiqing
AU - Kusuma, Victor
AU - Kalakkunnath, Sumod
AU - Hill, Anita J.
AU - Mayo, Sherry
AU - Kalika, Douglass S.
AU - Freeman, Benny D.
PY - 2006
Y1 - 2006
N2 - A new nanocomposite family was discovered utilizing rubbery polymers as the matrix. Like the stiff chain polymers, permeability of light gas, i.e., CO2, H2 , N2, and CH4, and diffusivity increased with increasing particle loading filled with 34 vol % MgO was 2600% higher than the unfilled polymer. The change in permeability and diffusivity depended on particle dispersion, which was closely related to particle-polymer interactions. However, depending on particle surface chemistry and penetrant-particle interactions, penetrant solubility may also be enhanced. These studies focused on both polar and non-polar polymers, as well as a series of particles. These materials were characterized using light gas sorption and permeation to monitor gas transport properties as well as AFM and X-ray microtomography to characterize particle distribution within the polymer matrix. This is an abstract of a paper presented at the 2006 AIChE National Meeting (San Francisco, CA 11/12-17/2006).
AB - A new nanocomposite family was discovered utilizing rubbery polymers as the matrix. Like the stiff chain polymers, permeability of light gas, i.e., CO2, H2 , N2, and CH4, and diffusivity increased with increasing particle loading filled with 34 vol % MgO was 2600% higher than the unfilled polymer. The change in permeability and diffusivity depended on particle dispersion, which was closely related to particle-polymer interactions. However, depending on particle surface chemistry and penetrant-particle interactions, penetrant solubility may also be enhanced. These studies focused on both polar and non-polar polymers, as well as a series of particles. These materials were characterized using light gas sorption and permeation to monitor gas transport properties as well as AFM and X-ray microtomography to characterize particle distribution within the polymer matrix. This is an abstract of a paper presented at the 2006 AIChE National Meeting (San Francisco, CA 11/12-17/2006).
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:58049102933
SN - 081691012X
SN - 9780816910120
T3 - AIChE Annual Meeting, Conference Proceedings
BT - 2006 AIChE Annual Meeting
Y2 - 12 November 2006 through 17 November 2006
ER -