Study of gas transport through composite membranes with a stabilised Langmuir-Blodgett skin layer
- The Langmuir-Blodgett (LB-) technique is used to deposit molecular reinforced separation layers on porous polymer substrates resulting in composite membranes for gas separation. The adsorption of a polycation to the arachidic acid Langmuir layer and the subsequent transfer of the highly ordered and stabilised monolayer onto a polypropylene membrane (Cellgard 2400) yields a laminated separation layer combining the advantageous high degree of order of fatty acid films and the stability of thin polymeric films. X-ray reflectivity data of these films confirm the transfer of the assembled polymer layer together with the fatty acid monolayer and the formation of ordered Y-type LB-films. SFM pictures show a dense film without pinholes completely covering the porous support. Gas permeation measurements are used to study the transport process of different gases through the composite membrane.
Author details: | Jürgen Reiche, Helmut Kamusewitz, Manuela Keller, Ludwig BrehmerGND, Florencio Peñacorada |
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Publication type: | Article |
Language: | English |
Year of first publication: | 1995 |
Publication year: | 1995 |
Release date: | 2017/03/25 |
Source: | Proceedings of Euromembrane '95. - II (1995), S. 231 - 234 |
Organizational units: | Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Institut für Physik und Astronomie |
Institution name at the time of the publication: | Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Institut für Physik |