Research Project
Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
Current research project was devoted to the development of the double layer composite membrane for efficient separation of carbon dioxide. Polydimethylsiloxane was used as a support layer and phthalic acid incorporated titanium dioxide as a selective layer. Developed membranes demonstrated unique gas separation performance with high selectivity separation of carbon dioxide and nitrogen.The mechanism of gases separation was attributed to the abundance of the carboxylic groups originated from the incorporated acids. The mechanism of material selectivity was verified using theoretical calculations (density functional theory). According to the calculations we have succeeded to create CO2-philic sites in the composite phthalic acid/titanium dioxide layer. These sites exhibit much higher attractive force for carbon dioxide gas compared to nitrogen. As a result we have in fact achieved the translation of the molecular level property (chemical affinity) to the material (high selectivity).
All 2016 2015 2014
All Journal Article (5 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 5 results, Peer Reviewed: 5 results, Acknowledgement Compliant: 1 results, Open Access: 1 results) Presentation (5 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 2 results)
Journal of Membrane Science
Volume: 508 Pages: 51-61
10.1016/j.memsci.2016.02.017
Journal of Chromatography B: Analytical Technologies in the Biomedical and Life Sciences
Volume: 991 Pages: 99-107
10.1016/j.jchromb.2015.04.016
Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical
Volume: 215 Pages: 428-436
10.1016/j.snb.2015.03.103
Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume: 9665 Pages: 96551K-96551K
10.1117/12.2184411
Sensors
Volume: 15 Issue: 8 Pages: 18834-18850
10.3390/s150818834
