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Journal of Membrane Science, Vol.174, No.2, 151-159, 2000
Nanotechnological method to control pore diameter of organic-inorganic composite membrane Part II. Molecular-wise vapor polymerization (MVP)
Polyimide-alumina composite membranes were fabricated by the molecular-wise vapor polymerization (MVP) technique of copolymer which has a constant repeating unit chemically bound by primer on the wall and/or surface of the porous ceramic support. By changing the flow rate of N-2 carrier gas and the repeating number (n), the fabricated pyromellitic dianhydride (PMDA)-diaminodiphenylether (ODA) composite membranes have separation factor alpha(CO2)/(CH4) in the range 0.87-16.0. The estimation of pore diameter was carried out by N-2 permeance and estimated pore diameter was controlled in the range 38-263 nm.
Keywords:nanotechnology;organic-inorganic composite membrane;polyimide;molecular-wise vapor polymerization;gas separations