Free Volume Manipulation Techniques of Polymer Membranes for Gas Separations by Lin, Sharon

“…Recently, polymers of intrinsic microporosity (PIMs) have shown promise as a platform for energy-efficient gas separations due to their rigid and contorted chemical structures, which increase the amount of free volume and gas throughput. …”
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Microporous polymer adsorptive membranes with high processing capacity for molecular separation by Zhenggong Wang, Xiaofan Luo, Zejun Song, Kuan Lu, Shouwen Zhu, Yanshao Yang, Yatao Zhang, Wangxi Fang, Jian Jin

“…Here, the authors report a membrane adsorption material based on hydrophilic amidoxime modified polymer of intrinsic microporosity to selectively adsorb and separate small organic molecules from water with ultrahigh processing capacity…”
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Induced polymer crystallinity in mixed matrix membranes by metal-organic framework nanosheets for gas separation by Dechao Wang, Yunpan Ying, Yaping Zheng, Yunchuan Pu, Ziqi Yang, Dan Zhao

“…The induced crystallinity behavior of the polymer of intrinsic microporosity (PIM-1) matrix in mixed matrix membranes (MMMs) by a novel class of two-dimensional (2D) metal-organic framework nanosheets, i.e., NUS-8-COOH, is demonstrated. …”
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Custom Formulation of Multicomponent Mixed-Matrix Membranes for Efficient Post-combustion Carbon Capture by Sameh K. Elsaidi, Surendar Venna, Ali K. Sekizkardes, Janice A. Steckel, Mona H. Mohamed, James Baker, John Baltrus, David Hopkinson

“…A highly permeable polymer of intrinsic microporosity, PIM-1, and a CO2-selective polyphosphazene polymer, MEEP80, are chosen as polymer matrices. …”
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In Silico Determination of Gas Permeabilities by Non-Equilibrium Molecular Dynamics: CO2 and He through PIM-1 by Hendrik Frentrup, Kyle E. Hart, Coray M. Colina, Erich A. Müller

“…We study the permeation dynamics of helium and carbon dioxide through an atomistically detailed model of a polymer of intrinsic microporosity, PIM-1, via non-equilibrium molecular dynamics (NEMD) simulations. …”
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PolyMOF nanoparticles constructed from intrinsically microporous polymer ligand towards scalable composite membranes for CO2 separation by Tae Hoon Lee, Byung Kwan Lee, Seung Yeon Yoo, Hyunhee Lee, Wan-Ni Wu, Zachary P. Smith, Ho Bum Park

“…Herein, we report a polymer–MOF (polyMOF) system constructed from a carboxylated polymer with intrinsic microporosity (cPIM-1) ligand. This intrinsically microporous ligand could coordinate with metals, leading to ~100 nm-sized polyMOF nanoparticles. …”
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Development of CO2‐Philic Blended Membranes Using PIM–PI and PIM–PEG/PPG by Insu Jeong, Iqubal Hossain, Asmaul Husna, Tae‐Hyun Kim

“…In this study, a new CO2 separation membrane is developed by physically mixing a polymer of intrinsic microporosity (PIM) with high gas permeability, polyimide (PIM‐PI), as the hard segment and CO2‐philic PIM‐poly(ethylene glycol)/poly(propylene glycol), or PIM‐PEG/PPG, as the soft segment. …”
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Proton-Conducting Polymer-Coated Carbon Nanofiber Mats for Pt-Anodes of High-Temperature Polymer-Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cell by Kirill M. Skupov, Igor I. Ponomarev, Elizaveta S. Vtyurina, Yulia A. Volkova, Ivan I. Ponomarev, Olga M. Zhigalina, Dmitry N. Khmelenin, Evgeny N. Cherkovskiy, Alexander D. Modestov

“…To improve the proton conductivity of the nanofiber surface of the composite anode and reach HT-PEMFC better performance, dilute solutions of Nafion^®, a polymer of intrinsic microporosity (PIM-1) and N-ethyl phosphonated polybenzimidazole (PBI-OPhT-P) were used to coat the CNF surface for the first time. …”
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Mixed Matrix Membranes for Efficient CO₂ Separation Using an Engineered UiO-66 MOF in a Pebax Polymer by Asmaul Husna, Iqubal Hossain, Insu Jeong, Tae-Hyun Kim

“…Thus, we report a surface-modification strategy for a MOF through grafting of a polymer with intrinsic microporosity onto the surface of UiO-66-NH₂. …”
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Modelling Mixed-Gas Sorption in Glassy Polymers for CO2 Removal: A Sensitivity Analysis of the Dual Mode Sorption Model by Eleonora Ricci, Maria Grazia De Angelis

“…In this work, the ability of the Dual Mode Sorption (DMS) model to represent the sorption of CO2/CH4 mixtures in three high free volume glassy polymers, poly(trimethylsilyl propyne) (PTMSP), the first reported polymer of intrinsic microporosity (PIM-1) and tetrazole-modified PIM-1 (TZ-PIM), was tested. …”
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Engineering MOF surface defects in mixed matrix membranes: An effective strategy to enhance MOF/polymer adhesion and control interfacial gas transport by Dong Fan, Aydin Ozcan, Osama Shekhah, Rocio Semino, Mohamed Eddaoudi, Guillaume Maurin

“…This concept is showcased with a model MMM made of the prototypical UiO-66 MOF and the glassy Polymer of Intrinsic Microporosity-1 (PIM-1) and tested using CO2, CH4 and, N2 as guest species. …”
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Rational Design of Mixed Matrix Membranes Modulated by Trisilver Complex for Efficient Propylene/Propane Separation by Shenzhen Cong, Xiaoquan Feng, Lili Guo, Donglai Peng, Jing Wang, Jinghuo Chen, Yatao Zhang, Xiangjian Shen, Guang Yang

“…Herein, a C3H6 facilitated transport membrane using trisilver pyrazolate (Ag3pz3) as a carrier filler is reported, which is uniformly dispersed in a polymer of intrinsic microporosity (PIM‐1) matrix at the molecular level (≈15 nm), verified by several analytical techniques, including 3D‐reconstructed focused ion beam scanning electron microscropy (FIB–SEM) tomography. …”
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Recent Advancement in Metal-Organic Framework: Synthesis, Activation, Functionalization, and Bulk Production by Von Fei Cheong, Pak Yan Moh

“…Abbreviations: BBR: Building block replacement; BDC: 1,4-benzenedicarboxylate; BET: Brunauer–Emmett–Teller; BTC: 1,3,5-benzenetricarboxylate; Boc: Tert-butoxycarbonyl; Bpy: 4,4’-bipyridine; CFG: Carboxylic functional group; CTAB: Cetyltrimethylammoniumbromide; DABCO: 1,4-diazabicyclo[2.2.2]octane; DEF: N,N-diethylformamide; DMF: N,N-dimethylformamide; Dhybdc: 2,5-dihydroxy-1,4-benzenedicarboxylate; [EMIm]Br: 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium bromide; FIR: Fujian Institute of Research; H2BDC: 1,4-benzenedicarboxylic acid; H3BTC: 1,3,5-benzenetricarboxylic acid; H4TBAPy: 1,3,6,8-tetrakis(p-benzoic acid)pyrene; HKUST: Hong-Kong University of Science and Technology; ICP-MS: Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry; ILAG: Ion- and liquid-assisted grinding; Im: Imidazole ; IPA: Isophthalate; IRMOF: Isoreticular metal–organic framework; IUPAC: International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; LAG: Liquid-assisted grinding; LBL: Layer-by-layer; LIB: Lithium-ion battery; mesoMOF: Mesoporous metal–organic framework; MeIm: 2-methyimidazole; MIL: Matériaux de l’Institut Lavoisier; MixMOF: Mixed-linker metal–organic framework; MOF: Metal–organic framework; MTBS: Methyltributylammoniummethylsulfate; NH2BTC: 2-aminobenzene-1,3,5-tricarboxylate; NOTT: University of Nottingham; NU: Northwestern University ; PCD: Protection-complexation-deprotection; PCN: Porous coordination network; PCP: Porous coordination polymer; PIM: Polymer of intrinsic microporosity; PSD: Post-synthetic deprotection; PSM: Post-synthetic modification; PXRD: Powder X-ray diffraction; PyCHO: 2-pyridinecarboxaldehyde; RH: Relative humidity; SALE: Solvent-assisted linker exchange; SALI: Solvent-assisted ligand incorporation; scCO2: Supercritical carbon dioxide; STEM: Scanning transmission electron microscopy; STY: Space–time yield; TBHP: tert-butyl hydroperoxide; TMU: Tarbiat Modares University; UiO: Universitetet i Oslo; ZIF: Zeolitic imidazolate framework…”
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