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Synthesis of membranes of poly(vinyl ether)s and their gas permeability
Author(s) -
Sakaguchi Toshikazu,
Koide Yohei,
Hashimoto Tamotsu
Publication year - 2009
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.30834
Subject(s) - membrane , polymer chemistry , vinyl ether , glass transition , ether , differential scanning calorimetry , casting , polymer , materials science , cationic polymerization , oxygen permeability , permeability (electromagnetism) , chemical engineering , chemistry , oxygen , organic chemistry , monomer , composite material , biochemistry , physics , engineering , thermodynamics
Cationic polymerizations of various vinyl ethers with cyclic substituents were performed with BF 3 OEt 2 . The polymers had relatively high molecular weight ( M n : 18,900–132,000), although the polymerization of phenyl vinyl ether did not proceed. According to differential scanning calorimetry, the obtained poly(vinyl ether)s showed higher glass transition temperatures than room temperature. These poly(vinyl ether)s gave free‐standing membranes both by a solution‐casting method and by a hot‐press method. In the membranes prepared by solution‐casting, the oxygen permeability coefficients of these membranes were in the range of 0.81–6.01 barrers, and poly(2‐adamanthyl vinyl ether) showed the highest gas permeability among them. Gas permeability of the membranes prepared by hot‐press was lower than that of the membranes prepared by solution‐casting. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci, 2009