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Preparation of novel fluorinated block copolyimide membranes for gas separation
Author(s) -
Niwa M.,
Nagaoka S.,
Kawakami H.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
journal of applied polymer science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.575
H-Index - 166
eISSN - 1097-4628
pISSN - 0021-8995
DOI - 10.1002/app.23349
Subject(s) - membrane , gas separation , diamine , block (permutation group theory) , materials science , polymer chemistry , chemical engineering , chemistry , biochemistry , geometry , mathematics , engineering
We synthesized novel fluorinated block copolyimides with various diamine compositions and block chain lengths by chemical imidization in a two‐pod procedure. We describe the gas‐transport properties of the novel block copolyimide membranes. We demonstrate that the gas‐transport properties of the copolyimide membranes strongly depended on the block chain lengths. The gas permeabilities of the copolyimide membranes increased with increasing block chain length, and the gas selectivities increased with decreasing lengths. We clarify that the gas diffusivity of the block copolyimide membrane dominated the gas‐transport properties. © 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 100: 2436–2442, 2006