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Malara A, Bonaccorsi L, Fotia A, Antonucci PL, Frontera P. Hybrid Fluoro-Based Polymers/Graphite Foil for H 2/Natural Gas Separation. MATERIALS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2023; 16:2105. [PMID: 36903218 PMCID: PMC10004322 DOI: 10.3390/ma16052105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2023] [Revised: 03/01/2023] [Accepted: 03/02/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Membrane technologies and materials development appear crucial for the hydrogen/natural gas separation in the impending transition to the hydrogen economy. Transporting hydrogen through the existing natural gas network could result less expensive than a brand-new pipe system. Currently, many studies are focused on the development of novel structured materials for gas separation applications, including the combination of various kind of additives in polymeric matrix. Numerous gas pairs have been investigated and the gas transport mechanism in those membranes has been elucidated. However, the selective separation of high purity hydrogen from hydrogen/methane mixtures is still a big challenge and nowadays needs a great improvement to promote the transition towards more sustainable energy source. In this context, because of their remarkable properties, fluoro-based polymers, such as PVDF-HFP and NafionTM, are among the most popular membrane materials, even if a further optimization is needed. In this study, hybrid polymer-based membranes were deposited as thin films on large graphite surfaces. Different weight ratios of PVDF-HFP and NafionTM polymers supported over 200 μm thick graphite foils were tested toward hydrogen/methane gas mixture separation. Small punch tests were carried out to study the membrane mechanical behaviour, reproducing the testing conditions. Finally, the permeability and the gas separation activity of hydrogen/methane over membranes were investigated at room temperature (25 °C) and near atmospheric pressure (using a pressure difference of 1.5 bar). The best performance of the developed membranes was registered when the 4:1 polymer PVDF-HFP/NafionTM weight ratio was used. In particular, starting from the 1:1 hydrogen/methane gas mixture, a 32.6% (v%) H2 enrichment was measured. Furthermore, there was a good agreement between the experimental and theoretical selectivity values.
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- Angela Malara
- Department of Civil, Energy, Environmental and Material Engineering, Mediterranea University of Reggio Calabria, 89124 Reggio Calabria, Italy
- National Interuniversity Consortium of Materials Science and Technology (INSTM), 50121 Florence, Italy
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- Department of Civil, Energy, Environmental and Material Engineering, Mediterranea University of Reggio Calabria, 89124 Reggio Calabria, Italy
- National Interuniversity Consortium of Materials Science and Technology (INSTM), 50121 Florence, Italy
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- Department of Civil, Energy, Environmental and Material Engineering, Mediterranea University of Reggio Calabria, 89124 Reggio Calabria, Italy
- National Interuniversity Consortium of Materials Science and Technology (INSTM), 50121 Florence, Italy
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- CNR, Institute of Advanced Technologies for Energy “Nicola Giordano”—ITAE, 98122 Messina, Italy
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- Department of Civil, Energy, Environmental and Material Engineering, Mediterranea University of Reggio Calabria, 89124 Reggio Calabria, Italy
- National Interuniversity Consortium of Materials Science and Technology (INSTM), 50121 Florence, Italy
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Chen J, Longo M, Fuoco A, Esposito E, Monteleone M, Comesaña Gándara B, Carolus Jansen J, McKeown NB. Dibenzomethanopentacene-Based Polymers of Intrinsic Microporosity for Use in Gas-Separation Membranes. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2023; 62:e202215250. [PMID: 36511357 PMCID: PMC10107563 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202215250] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2022] [Revised: 12/09/2022] [Accepted: 12/12/2022] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
Abstract
Dibenzomethanopentacene (DBMP) is shown to be a useful structural component for making Polymers of Intrinsic Microporosity (PIMs) with promise for making efficient membranes for gas separations. DBMP-based monomers for PIMs are readily prepared using a Diels-Alder reaction between 2,3-dimethoxyanthracene and norbornadiene as the key synthetic step. Compared to date for the archetypal PIM-1, the incorporation of DBMP simultaneously enhances both gas permeability and the ideal selectivity for one gas over another. Hence, both ideal and mixed gas permeability data for DBMP-rich co-polymers and an amidoxime modified PIM are close to the current Robeson upper bounds, which define the state-of-the-art for the trade-off between permeability and selectivity, for several important gas pairs. Furthermore, long-term studies (over ≈3 years) reveal that the reduction in gas permeabilities on ageing is less for DBMP-containing PIMs relative to that for other high performing PIMs, which is an attractive property for the fabrication of membranes for efficient gas separations.
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- Jie Chen
- EaStCHEM, School of Chemistry, University of Edinburgh, David Brewster Road, Edinburgh, EH9 3FJ, UK
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- Institute on Membrane Technology, National Research Council of Italy (CNR-ITM), via P. Bucci 17/C, 87036, Rende (CS), Italy
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- Institute on Membrane Technology, National Research Council of Italy (CNR-ITM), via P. Bucci 17/C, 87036, Rende (CS), Italy
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- Institute on Membrane Technology, National Research Council of Italy (CNR-ITM), via P. Bucci 17/C, 87036, Rende (CS), Italy
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- Institute on Membrane Technology, National Research Council of Italy (CNR-ITM), via P. Bucci 17/C, 87036, Rende (CS), Italy
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- EaStCHEM, School of Chemistry, University of Edinburgh, David Brewster Road, Edinburgh, EH9 3FJ, UK
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- Institute on Membrane Technology, National Research Council of Italy (CNR-ITM), via P. Bucci 17/C, 87036, Rende (CS), Italy
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- EaStCHEM, School of Chemistry, University of Edinburgh, David Brewster Road, Edinburgh, EH9 3FJ, UK
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Zhou Y, Yuan Y, Cong S, Liu X, Wang Z. N2-selective adsorbents and membranes for natural gas purification. Sep Purif Technol 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2022.121808] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Preparation and gas separation properties of spirobisbenzoxazole-based polyimides. Eur Polym J 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2022.111231] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Nagendra B, Cozzolino A, Daniel C, Rizzo P, Guerra G. High Surface Area Nanoporous-Crystalline Polymer Films. Macromolecules 2022. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.2c00271] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Baku Nagendra
- Department of Chemistry and Biology, INSTM Research Unit, Università di Salerno, Via Giovanni Paolo II 132, 84084 Fisciano (SA), Italy
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- Department of Chemistry and Biology, INSTM Research Unit, Università di Salerno, Via Giovanni Paolo II 132, 84084 Fisciano (SA), Italy
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- Department of Chemistry and Biology, INSTM Research Unit, Università di Salerno, Via Giovanni Paolo II 132, 84084 Fisciano (SA), Italy
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- Department of Chemistry and Biology, INSTM Research Unit, Università di Salerno, Via Giovanni Paolo II 132, 84084 Fisciano (SA), Italy
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- Department of Chemistry and Biology, INSTM Research Unit, Università di Salerno, Via Giovanni Paolo II 132, 84084 Fisciano (SA), Italy
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Chisca S, Bettahalli NS, Musteata VE, Vasylevskyi S, Hedhili MN, Abou-Hamad E, Karunakaran M, Genduso G, Nunes SP. Thermal treatment of hydroxyl functionalized polytriazole and its effect on gas transport: From crosslinking to carbon molecular sieve. J Memb Sci 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2021.119963] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Bandehali S, Ebadi Amooghin A, Sanaeepur H, Ahmadi R, Fuoco A, Jansen JC, Shirazian S. Polymers of intrinsic microporosity and thermally rearranged polymer membranes for highly efficient gas separation. Sep Purif Technol 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2021.119513] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Zhu Z, Dong H, Li K, Li Q, Li J, Ma X. One-step synthesis of hydroxyl-functionalized fully carbon main chain PIMs via a Friedel-Crafts reaction for efficient gas separation. Sep Purif Technol 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2021.118313] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Dai S, Liao R, Zhou H, Jin W. Synthesis of triptycene-based linear polyamide membrane for molecular sieving of N2 from the VOC mixture. Sep Purif Technol 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2020.117355] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Ren Y, Liang X, Dou H, Ye C, Guo Z, Wang J, Pan Y, Wu H, Guiver MD, Jiang Z. Membrane-Based Olefin/Paraffin Separations. ADVANCED SCIENCE (WEINHEIM, BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, GERMANY) 2020; 7:2001398. [PMID: 33042752 PMCID: PMC7539199 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202001398] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2020] [Revised: 05/27/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Efficient olefin/paraffin separation is a grand challenge because of their similar molecular sizes and physical properties, and is also a priority in the modern chemical industry. Membrane separation technology has been demonstrated as a promising technology owing to its low energy consumption, mild operation conditions, tunability of membrane materials, as well as the integration of physical and chemical mechanisms. In this work, inspired by the physical mechanism of mass transport in channel proteins and the chemical mechanism of mass transport in carrier proteins, recent progress in channel-based and carrier-based membranes toward olefin/paraffin separations is summarized. Further, channel-based membranes are categorized into membranes with network structures and with framework structures according to the morphology of channels. The separation mechanisms, separation performance, and membrane stability in channel-based and carrier-based membranes are elaborated. Future perspectives toward membrane-based olefin/paraffin separation are proposed.
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- Yanxiong Ren
- Key Laboratory for Green Chemical Technology of Ministry of EducationSchool of Chemical Engineering and TechnologyTianjin UniversityTianjin300072P. R. China
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin)Tianjin300072P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Green Chemical Technology of Ministry of EducationSchool of Chemical Engineering and TechnologyTianjin UniversityTianjin300072P. R. China
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin)Tianjin300072P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Green Chemical Technology of Ministry of EducationSchool of Chemical Engineering and TechnologyTianjin UniversityTianjin300072P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Green Chemical Technology of Ministry of EducationSchool of Chemical Engineering and TechnologyTianjin UniversityTianjin300072P. R. China
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin)Tianjin300072P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Green Chemical Technology of Ministry of EducationSchool of Chemical Engineering and TechnologyTianjin UniversityTianjin300072P. R. China
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin)Tianjin300072P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Green Chemical Technology of Ministry of EducationSchool of Chemical Engineering and TechnologyTianjin UniversityTianjin300072P. R. China
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin)Tianjin300072P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials‐Oriented Chemical EngineeringCollege of Chemical EngineeringNanjing Tech UniversityNanjing210009P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Green Chemical Technology of Ministry of EducationSchool of Chemical Engineering and TechnologyTianjin UniversityTianjin300072P. R. China
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin)Tianjin300072P. R. China
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- Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin)Tianjin300072P. R. China
- State Key Laboratory of EnginesSchool of Mechanical EngineeringTianjin UniversityTianjin300072P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Green Chemical Technology of Ministry of EducationSchool of Chemical Engineering and TechnologyTianjin UniversityTianjin300072P. R. China
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin)Tianjin300072P. R. China
- Joint School of National University of Singapore and Tianjin UniversityInternational Campus of Tianjin UniversityBinhai New CityFuzhou350207P. R. China
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Iyer GM, Liu L, Zhang C. Hydrocarbon separations by glassy polymer membranes. JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/pol.20200128] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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- Gaurav M. Iyer
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering University of Maryland College Park MD USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering University of Maryland College Park MD USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering University of Maryland College Park MD USA
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Ali Z, Ghanem BS, Wang Y, Pacheco F, Ogieglo W, Vovusha H, Genduso G, Schwingenschlögl U, Han Y, Pinnau I. Finely Tuned Submicroporous Thin-Film Molecular Sieve Membranes for Highly Efficient Fluid Separations. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2020; 32:e2001132. [PMID: 32319134 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202001132] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2020] [Revised: 03/26/2020] [Accepted: 03/27/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
Abstract
Polymeric membranes with increasingly high permselective performances are gaining a significant role in lowering the energy burden and improving the environmental sustainability of complex chemical separations. However, the commercial deployment of newly designed materials with promising intrinsic properties for fluid separations has been stalled by challenges associated with fabrication and scale up of low-cost, high-performance, defect-free thin-film composite (TFC) membranes. Here, a facile method to fabricate next-generation TFC membranes using a bridged-bicyclic triptycene tetra-acyl chloride (Trip) building block with a large fraction of finely tuned structural submicroporosity (pore size < 4 Å) is demonstrated. The TFCs exhibit superb potential for removal of small (≈200 g mol-1 ) organic microcontaminants from organic solvent streams by showing both improved rejection and permeance in organic systems compared to current state-of-the-art commercial membranes. The TFCs also display unprecedented properties for desalination applications with performance located far above the current water permeance/sodium chloride rejection trendline. The strategy of using highly contorted triptycene building blocks with well-defined interconnected internal free volume elements establishes a scalable, generalized approach to fabricate highly selective, submicroporous TFC membranes for a wide variety of challenging energy-intensive fluid separations.
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- Zain Ali
- Advanced Membranes & Porous Materials Center, Division of Physical Sciences and Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, 23955-6900, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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- Advanced Membranes & Porous Materials Center, Division of Physical Sciences and Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, 23955-6900, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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- Advanced Membranes & Porous Materials Center, Division of Physical Sciences and Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, 23955-6900, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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- Advanced Membranes & Porous Materials Center, Division of Physical Sciences and Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, 23955-6900, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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- Advanced Membranes & Porous Materials Center, Division of Physical Sciences and Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, 23955-6900, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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- Division of Physical Sciences and Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, 23955-6900, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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- Advanced Membranes & Porous Materials Center, Division of Physical Sciences and Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, 23955-6900, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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- Division of Physical Sciences and Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, 23955-6900, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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- Advanced Membranes & Porous Materials Center, Division of Physical Sciences and Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, 23955-6900, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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- Advanced Membranes & Porous Materials Center, Division of Physical Sciences and Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, 23955-6900, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Genduso G, Wang Y, Ghanem BS, Pinnau I. Permeation, sorption, and diffusion of CO2-CH4 mixtures in polymers of intrinsic microporosity: The effect of intrachain rigidity on plasticization resistance. J Memb Sci 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2019.05.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Jansen JC, Esposito E, Fuoco A, Carta M. Microporous Organic Polymers: Synthesis, Characterization, and Applications. Polymers (Basel) 2019; 11:E844. [PMID: 31083302 PMCID: PMC6571628 DOI: 10.3390/polym11050844] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2019] [Accepted: 05/07/2019] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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The presence of a certain degree of porosity in polymers is a feature that provides them with unique properties and with opportunities to be exploited in a number of technologically important applications [...].
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- Institute on Membrane Technology, ITM-CNR, Via P. Bucci 17/C, 87036 Rende (CS), Italy.
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- Institute on Membrane Technology, ITM-CNR, Via P. Bucci 17/C, 87036 Rende (CS), Italy.
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Science, Swansea University, Grove Building, Singleton Park, Swansea SA2 8PP, UK.
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