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Showing 1 to 15 of 15 for “"sulfonated poly(arylene ether sulfone)"”.
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Synthesis and Characterization of Sulfonated Poly(arylene ether sulfone)s for Membrane Separations
Sulfonated poly(arylene ether sulfone)s are a class of engineering thermoplastics well-known for their mechanical properties and chemical/oxidative stability. The research in this dissertation focuses on modifying the structure of sulfonated poly(arylene ether sulfone)s to improve membrane …
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Synthesis, Characterization and Structure - Property Relationships of Post - sulfonated Poly(arylene ether sulfone) Membranes for Water Desalination
… with the membrane process of reverse osmosis. Sulfonated polysulfones are a potential alternative to state-of-the-art thin film polyamides. Synthesized by step growth polymerization, polysulfone membranes have smooth surfaces and they are more chemically resistant relative to polyamides. …
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Synthesis and Characterization of Linear and Crosslinked Mono-Sulfonated Poly(arylene ether sulfone)s for Reverse Osmosis Applications
Sulfonated poly(arylene ether sulfone)s can exhibit several ideal features as potential desalination membranes for reverse osmosis applications, including chlorine resistance, low surface fouling, and high water flux. However, this class of polymer membranes has suffered from two major drawbacks …
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Synthesis and Characterization of Sulfonated Poly (Arylene Ether Sulfone) Copolymers Via Direct Copolymerization: Candidates for Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells
A designed series of directly copolymerized homo- and disulfonated copolymers containing controlled degrees of pendant sulfonic acid groups have been synthesized via nucleophilic step polymerization. Novel sulfonated poly (arylene ether sulfone) copolymers using 4,4'-bisphenol A, 4,4'-biphenol, …
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Synthesis and Characterization of Linear and Crosslinked Sulfonated Poly(arylene ether sulfone)s: Hydrocarbon-based Copolymers as Ion Conductive Membranes for Electrochemical Systems
Sulfonated poly(arylene ether sulfone)s as ion conductive copolymers have numerous potential applications. Membranes cast from these copolymers are desirable due to their good chemical and thermal stability, excellent mechanical strength, satisfactory conductivity, and excellent transport …
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Structure-Property Relationships in the Design of High Performance Membranes for Water Desalination, Specifically Reverse Osmosis, Using Sulfonated Poly(Arylene Ether Sulfone)s
… commercially consists of an interfacially polymerized aromatic polyamide thin film composite with a polysulfone porous backing that allows water to pass through while barring the transport of salt ions. This research focuses on the development of sulfonated poly(arylene ether sulfone) …
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Flexible Electronics: Materials and Device Fabrication
… and mechanically stable composite films of polyaniline and sulfonated poly (arylene ether sulfone) were introduced. A simple chemical route was followed to prepare composite films. The electrical conductivity of the films was controlled by changing the weight percent of conductive filler. …
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Transport and Structure in Fuel Cell Proton Exchange Membranes
Transport properties of novel sulfonated wholly aromatic copolymers and the state-of-the-art poly(perfluorosulfonic acid) copolymer membrane for fuel cells, Nafion, were compared. Species transport (protons, methanol, water) in hydrated membranes was found to correspond with the water-self …
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Synthesis and Characterization of Hydrophobic-Hydrophilic Multiblock Copolymers for Proton Exchange Membrane Applications
… separated hydrophilic-hydrophobic block copolymer ionomers are believed to be desirable for this purpose Three series of hydrophobic/hydrophillic, partially fluorinated/sulfonated multiblock copolymers were synthesized and characterized in this thesis. The hydrophilic blocks were based upon …
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Hydration Mechanisms in Sulfonated Polysulfones for Desalination Membrane Applications
This dissertation explores the properties of sulfonated poly(arylene ether sulfone)s for desalination membrane applications. A multi-scale approach is used to understand the relationships between the chemical structure of the polymer, the equilibrium water content, and the bulk properties. The …
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Synthesis and Characterization of Hydrophobic-Hydrophilic Multiblock Copolymers for Proton Exchange Membrane and Segmented Copolymer Precursors for Reverse Osmosis Applications
High performance engineering materials, poly(arylene ether)s, having very good mechanical properties, excellent oxidative and hydrolytic stability are promising candidates for alternative materials used in the field of Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells (PEMFCs) and Reverse Osmosis (RO) …
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Durability study of proton exchange membrane fuel cells via experimental investigations and mathematical modeling
… stress-strain behavior of Nafion® 117 (N117) and sulfonated poly(arylene ether sulfone) random copolymer (BPSH35) membranes is explored under ambient conditions, with respect to the effects of initial strain rate, counterion type, molecular weight and the presence of inorganic fillers. A …
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High Temperature Polymers for Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells
… PEM fuel cells. The need for thermally stable polymers immediately suggests the possibility of heterocyclic polymers bearing appropriate ion conducting sites. Accordingly, monomers and random disulfonated poly(arylene ether) copolymers containing either naphthalimide, benzoxazole or …
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Synthesis and Characterization of Poly(arylene ether sulfone)s for Reverse Osmosis Water Purification and Gas Separation Membranes
… of monomers, telechelic oligomers, and novel polymers were synthesized for use as separation membranes. These materials were often imbued with crosslinking functionalities to increase their performance during testing at the University of Texas-Austin. Crosslinking of sulfonated poly(arylene …
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Synthesis and Characterization of Hydrophilic-Hydrophobic Poly (Arylene Ether Sulfone) Random and Segmented Copolymers for Membrane Applications
Poly(arylene ether sulfone)s are high-performance engineering thermoplastics that have been investigated extensively over the past several decades due to their outstanding mechanical properties, high glass transition temperatures (Tg), solvent resistance and exceptional thermal, oxidative and …