國立高雄大學圖資館 |

Language: English

Back

Development of Iptycene-Containing Polysulfones and Ladder Polymers for Gas Separation Membranes.

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Development of Iptycene-Containing Polysulfones and Ladder Polymers for Gas Separation Membranes.
Author:	Corrado, Tanner J.
Published:	Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2022
Description:	275 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 83-11, Section: B.
Notes:	Advisor: Guo, Ruilan.
Contained By:	Dissertations Abstracts International83-11B.
Subject:	Chemical engineering.
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=29067991
ISBN:	9798438755036

Development of Iptycene-Containing Polysulfones and Ladder Polymers for Gas Separation Membranes.
Corrado, Tanner J.

Development of Iptycene-Containing Polysulfones and Ladder Polymers for Gas Separation Membranes. - Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2022 - 275 p.

Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 83-11, Section: B.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Notre Dame, 2022.

This item must not be sold to any third party vendors.

Conventional separation methods such as sorption processes and cryogenic distillation are extremely energy intensive, and membrane technology is especially attractive as an alternative due to greater energy efficiency, minimal spatial requirements, and simplicity of operation. Ideal separation membranes require high permeability (gas throughput) and selectivity (separation efficiency), which is crucial to achieve required separations. One of the greatest challenges of current polymer membranes is the inherent tradeoff between permeability and selectivity. This tradeoff originates at the molecular level, where undesired free volume architectures (small, indiscriminate microcavities) arising from random chain packing in glassy polymer membranes makes it difficult to simultaneously achieve fast and selective gas transport. Additionally, physical aging provides another challenge to overcome, as glassy polymer membranes generally exist in a non-equilibrium state upon formation, and over time the polymer chains can undergo relaxation towards a denser, equilibrium state. This process collapses free volume, reducing permeability. To combat these challenges, molecular level design of polymer membranes to incorporate bulky structures that disrupt chain packing, linkages that rigidify the backbone, and introduction of shape-persistent architectures containing configurational free volume elements is a promising strategy.The overarching theme of this work is the simultaneous development of enhanced polymer membranes for improved gas separations alongside the exploration of fundamental relationships between structural variations in polymers through the incorporation of iptycenes and their ensuing property changes. Two iptycenes, triptycene and pentiptycene, perfectly fit the aforementioned design criteria with their rigid, three- dimensional architectures containing three and five arene rings respectively, arranged in a paddlewheel-like formation (triptycene) and an extended, H-shaped scaffold (pentiptycene), and thus, their integration into polymer backbones comprises the foundation of this dissertation. Incorporation of triptycene and pentiptycene into both polymers of intrinsic microporosity (a new generation of high permeability ladder-type polymers) and polysulfones (a traditional gas separation membrane family) yielded exceptional improvements in gas separation performance due to the bulky iptycene structures and their natural free volume elements in the size-range of relevant gas pairs. Additionally, the configuration-based free volumes instilled by the iptycene units provided excellent resistance to physical aging, and in some cases, even delivered unique aging- enhanced performance.

ISBN: 9798438755036Subjects--Topical Terms:

206267
Chemical engineering.
Subjects--Index Terms:

Configurational free volume

Development of Iptycene-Containing Polysulfones and Ladder Polymers for Gas Separation Membranes.
LDR:04004nmm a2200409 4500 001 636093
005 20230501063857.5
006 m o d
007 cr#unu||||||||
008 230724s2022 ||||||||||||||||| ||eng d
020 $a 9798438755036
035 $a (MiAaPQ)AAI29067991
035 $a AAI29067991
040 $a MiAaPQ $c MiAaPQ
100 1 $a Corrado, Tanner J. $0 (orcid)0000-0002-5573-7283 $3 942390
245 1 0 $a Development of Iptycene-Containing Polysulfones and Ladder Polymers for Gas Separation Membranes.
260 1 $a Ann Arbor : $b ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, $c 2022
300 $a 275 p.
500 $a Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 83-11, Section: B.
500 $a Advisor: Guo, Ruilan.
502 $a Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Notre Dame, 2022.
506 $a This item must not be sold to any third party vendors.
520 $a Conventional separation methods such as sorption processes and cryogenic distillation are extremely energy intensive, and membrane technology is especially attractive as an alternative due to greater energy efficiency, minimal spatial requirements, and simplicity of operation. Ideal separation membranes require high permeability (gas throughput) and selectivity (separation efficiency), which is crucial to achieve required separations. One of the greatest challenges of current polymer membranes is the inherent tradeoff between permeability and selectivity. This tradeoff originates at the molecular level, where undesired free volume architectures (small, indiscriminate microcavities) arising from random chain packing in glassy polymer membranes makes it difficult to simultaneously achieve fast and selective gas transport. Additionally, physical aging provides another challenge to overcome, as glassy polymer membranes generally exist in a non-equilibrium state upon formation, and over time the polymer chains can undergo relaxation towards a denser, equilibrium state. This process collapses free volume, reducing permeability. To combat these challenges, molecular level design of polymer membranes to incorporate bulky structures that disrupt chain packing, linkages that rigidify the backbone, and introduction of shape-persistent architectures containing configurational free volume elements is a promising strategy.The overarching theme of this work is the simultaneous development of enhanced polymer membranes for improved gas separations alongside the exploration of fundamental relationships between structural variations in polymers through the incorporation of iptycenes and their ensuing property changes. Two iptycenes, triptycene and pentiptycene, perfectly fit the aforementioned design criteria with their rigid, three- dimensional architectures containing three and five arene rings respectively, arranged in a paddlewheel-like formation (triptycene) and an extended, H-shaped scaffold (pentiptycene), and thus, their integration into polymer backbones comprises the foundation of this dissertation. Incorporation of triptycene and pentiptycene into both polymers of intrinsic microporosity (a new generation of high permeability ladder-type polymers) and polysulfones (a traditional gas separation membrane family) yielded exceptional improvements in gas separation performance due to the bulky iptycene structures and their natural free volume elements in the size-range of relevant gas pairs. Additionally, the configuration-based free volumes instilled by the iptycene units provided excellent resistance to physical aging, and in some cases, even delivered unique aging- enhanced performance.
590 $a School code: 0165.
650 4 $a Chemical engineering. $3 206267
650 4 $a Polymer chemistry. $3 708579
650 4 $a Alternative energy. $3 857402
653 $a Configurational free volume
653 $a Gas separation membranes
653 $a Iptycenes
653 $a Ladder polymers
653 $a Physical aging
653 $a Polysulfones
690 $a 0542
690 $a 0495
690 $a 0363
710 2 $a University of Notre Dame. $b Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering. $3 942391
773 0 $t Dissertations Abstracts International $g 83-11B.
790 $a 0165
791 $a Ph.D.
792 $a 2022
793 $a English
856 4 0 $u http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=29067991