Fabrication and characterization of polyamide thin-film composite membrane via interfacial polycondensation for pervaporation separation of salt and arsenic from water

Pervaporation, mainly utilized to separate azeotropic mixtures, has been paid much attention for desalination in recent years due to its numerous advantages.

High-temperature molecular screening of hybrid polyOAPS-imide networks based on octa(aminophenyl)silsesquioxane for increased thermomechanical resistance

A new family of hybrid hyper-cross-linked thin films based on inorganic polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (POSS) cages covalently bound with short organic imides has recently been developed using interfacial polycondensation followed...

Probing the charged nature and ion-exclusion mechanism of fluorine-enriched non-ionogenic polyamide derived thin film composite nanofiltration membranes

Thin film composite (TFC) nanofiltration (NF) membrane comprising a novel fluorine-enriched polyamide (FPA) as skin layer polymer has been developed by in situ interfacial polycondensation technique.

Experimental Studies on n-Octane and Cyclohexane as Organic Solvent for Synthesis of Polyurea Microcapsules by Interfacial Polycondensation

Interfacial polycondensation (IP) is one of the most important step polymerization technique used for synthesis of polyurea microcapsules. IP reaction between diamine and diisocyanate monomers which are soluble in aqueous phase and organic phase respectively is very fast therefore the overall process of polyurea synthesis via interfacial polycondensation, by and large, mass transfer controlled reaction. Selection of proper organic solvent is one of the important parameter for IP reactions. The objective of this experimental work was to study the effect of n-Octane and Cyclohexane as an organic solvent on kinetics of polyurea microcapsules synthesized by interfacial polycondensation reaction. In this reaction system IP reaction occurs on organic side of the interface so reaction rate increased with increase in relative polarity of organic solvent. Characterization of polyurea was carried out by XRD and DSC which demonstrated that semi crystalline polyurea microcapsules with good thermal stability were synthesized.