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| Preface | |
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| Contributors | |
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| Novel Membrane Materials and Transport in Them | |
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| Synthesis and Gas Permeability of Hyperbranched and Cross-linked Polyimide Membranes | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Molecular Designs for Membranes | |
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| Synthesis of Hyperbranched Polyimides | |
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| Gas Permeation Properties | |
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| Concluding Remarks | |
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| References | |
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| Gas Permeation Parameters and Other Physicochemical Properties of a Polymer of Intrinsic Microporosity (PIM-1) | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The PIM concept | |
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| Gas Adsorption | |
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| Gas Permeation | |
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| Inverse Gas Chromatography | |
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| Positron Annihilation Lifetime Spectroscopy | |
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| Conclusions | |
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| Acknowledgements | |
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| References | |
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| Addition-type Polynorbornene with Si(CH3)3 Side Groups: Detailed Study of Gas Permeation, Free Volume and Thermodynamic Properties | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Experimental | |
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| Results and Discussion | |
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| Conclusions | |
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| References | |
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| Amorphous Glassy Perfl uoropolymer Membranes of Hyfl on AD: Free Volume Distribution by Photochromic Probing and Vapour Transport Properties | |
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| Introduction and Scope | |
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| Membrane Preparation | |
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| Free Volume Analysis | |
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| Molecular Dynamics Simulations | |
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| Transport Properties | |
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| Correlation of Transport and Free Volume | |
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| Conclusions | |
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| References | |
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| Modelling Gas Separation in Porous Membranes | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Background | |
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| Surface Diffusion | |
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| Knudsen Diffusion | |
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| Membranes: Porous Structures? | |
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| Transition State Theory (TST) | |
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| Transport Models for Ordered Pore Networks | |
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| Pore Size, Shape and Composition | |
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| The New Model | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| List of Symbols | |
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| References | |
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| Nanocomposite (Mixed Matrix) Membranes | |
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| Glassy Perfl uorolymer-Zeolite Hybrid Membranes for Gas Separations | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Materials and Methods | |
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| Results and Discussion | |
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| Conclusions | |
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| Acknowledgements | |
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| References | |
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| Vapor Sorption and Diffusion in Mixed Matrices Based on Tefl on� AF 2400 | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Theoretical Background | |
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| Experimental | |
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| Results and Discussion | |
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| Conclusions | |
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| Acknowledgements | |
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| References | |
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| Physical and Gas Transport Properties of Hyperbranched Polyimide-Silica Hybrid Membranes | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Experimental | |
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| Results and Discussion | |
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| Conclusions | |
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| References | |
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| Air Enrichment by Polymeric Magnetic Membranes | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Formulation of the Problem | |
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| Experimental | |
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| Results and Discussion | |
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| Conclusions | |
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| Acknowledgements | |
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| List of Symbols | |
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| References | |
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| Membrane Separation of CO2 from Gas Streams | |
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| Ionic Liquid Membranes for Carbon Dioxide Separation | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Experimental | |
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| Results | |
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| Discussion | |
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| Conclusions | |
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| References | |
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| The Effects of Minor Components on the Gas Separation Performance of Polymeric Membranes for Carbon Capture | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Sorption Theory for Multiple Gas Components | |
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| Minor Components | |
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| Conclusions | |
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| References | |
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| Tailoring Polymeric Membrane Based on Segmented Block Copolymers for CO2 Separation | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Tailoring Block Copolymers with Superior Performance | |
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| Block Copolymers and their Blends with Polyethylene Glycol | |
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| Composite Membranes | |
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| Conclusions and Future Aspects | |
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| CO<sub>2</sub> Permeation with Pebax-based Membranes for Global Warming Reduction | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Experimental | |
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| Results and Discussions | |
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| Conclusions | |
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| References | |
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| Applied Aspects of Membrane Gas Separation | |
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| Membrane Engineering: Progress and Potentialities in Gas Separations | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Materials and Membranes Employed in GS | |
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| Membranes Applications in GS | |
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| New Metrics for Gas Separation Applications | |
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| Evolution of Natural Gas Treatment with Membrane Systems | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Market for Natural Gas Treatment | |
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| Amine Treaters | |
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| Contaminants and Membrane Performance | |
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| Cellulose Acetate versus Polyimide | |
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| Compaction in Gas Separations | |
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| Experimental | |
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| Laboratory Tests of Cellulose Acetate Membranes | |
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| Field Trials of Cellulose Acetate Membranes | |
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| Strategies for Reduced Size of Large-scale Membrane Systems | |
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| Research Directions | |
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| Summary | |
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| Acknowledgements | |
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| References | |
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| The Effect of Sweep Uniformity on Gas Dehydration Module Performance | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Theory | |
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| Results and Discussion | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| List of Symbols | |
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| References | |
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| Index | |