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@article{Jimenez-Solomon:2016:10.1038/nmat4638,
author = {Jimenez-Solomon, M and Song, Q and Jelfs, K and Munoz-Ibanez, M and Livingston, AG},
doi = {10.1038/nmat4638},
journal = {Nature Materials},
pages = {760--767},
title = {Polymer nanofilms with enhanced microporosity by interfacial polymerization},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nmat4638},
volume = {15},
year = {2016}
}
TY - JOUR
AB - Highly permeable and selective membranes are desirable for energy-efficient gas and liquid separations.Microporous organic polymers have attracted significant attention in this respect owing to their highporosity, permeability, and molecular selectivity. However, it remains challenging to fabricate selectivepolymer membranes with controlled microporosity which are stable in solvents. Here we report a newapproach to designing crosslinked, rigid polymer nanofilms with enhanced microporosity bymanipulating the molecular structure. Ultra-thin polyarylate nanofilms with thickness down to 20 nmwere formed in-situ by interfacial polymerisation. Enhanced microporosity and higher interconnectivityof intermolecular network voids, as rationalised by molecular simulations, are achieved by utilisingcontorted monomers for the interfacial polymerisation. Composite membranes comprising polyarylatenanofilms with enhanced microporosity fabricated in-situ on crosslinked polyimide ultrafiltrationmembranes show outstanding separation performance in organic solvents, with up to two orders ofmagnitude higher solvent permeance than membranes fabricated with nanofilms made from noncontortedplanar monomers.
AU - Jimenez-Solomon,M
AU - Song,Q
AU - Jelfs,K
AU - Munoz-Ibanez,M
AU - Livingston,AG
DO - 10.1038/nmat4638
EP - 767
PY - 2016///
SN - 1476-4660
SP - 760
TI - Polymer nanofilms with enhanced microporosity by interfacial polymerization
T2 - Nature Materials
UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nmat4638
UR - https://www.nature.com/articles/nmat4638
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/31460
VL - 15
ER -