Membranes of Polymers of Intrinsic Microporosity
A special issue of Membranes (ISSN 2077-0375). This special issue belongs to the section "Membrane Preparation and Characterization".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 August 2020) | Viewed by 430
Special Issue Editors
Interests: polyimides; block copolymer membranes; crosslinking of polymer membranes; gas/liquid separations
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Polymers of Intrinsic Microporosity, especially PIM-1, are undoubtably a scientific success story: Peter Budd and Neil McKeown really started something in 2004, with polymeric materials with highly porous surfaces, processable and of excellent thermal stability, provided by striking but not too complicated chemical structures. A huge amount of papers have been published since then on either synthesis or possible applications. Membranes made from PIM-1 and successors were applied in gas separation, pervaporation, and nanofiltration, but then some of the flaws of the success story came to the surface: The striking material compacts rather fast and loses its initially high permeability. In the last few years, many efforts have been made to stabilize most of the striking initial properties, unfortunately with limited success. Selected examples of these attempts are cross-linkage, insertion of nanomaterials to form mixed matrix membranes, and advanced synthesis of even more contorted structures. However, the problem of PIM-membranes´ aging is still pending.
In this Special Issue, emphasis will be put on membranes of already existing PIMs, their applications to membrane processes, and the stabilization of said membranes, but also on newly synthesized PIMs with the aim of membrane application. Membranes could be in the form of thick layers, integral asymmetric structures, and thin film composites. New and unconventional ideas to form PIM materials into membranes, new applications of PIM membranes, and methods to stabilize PIM membranes are searched for and are welcomed to be presented in the Special Issue.
Dr. Sofia Rangou
Dr. Gisela Bengtson
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- PIM membranes
- Membrane applications
- Gas permeation
- Pervaporation
- Nanofiltration
- Stabilization of permeability
- Mixed matrix membranes
