Synthesis and gas permeation properties of poly(vinyl chloride)-graft-poly(vinyl pyrrolidone) membranes
- Authors
- Yeon, Seung Hyeon; Ahn, Sung Hoon; Kim, Jong Hak; Lee, Ki Bong; Jeong, Yujin; Hong, Seong Uk
- Issue Date
- 3월-2012
- Publisher
- WILEY-BLACKWELL
- Keywords
- graft copolymers; atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP); membranes; gas separation; carbon dioxide
- Citation
- POLYMERS FOR ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES, v.23, no.3, pp.516 - 521
- Indexed
- SCIE
SCOPUS
- Journal Title
- POLYMERS FOR ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES
- Volume
- 23
- Number
- 3
- Start Page
- 516
- End Page
- 521
- URI
- https://scholar.korea.ac.kr/handle/2021.sw.korea/105425
- DOI
- 10.1002/pat.1907
- ISSN
- 1042-7147
- Abstract
- A series of amphiphilic graft copolymers consisting of poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC) main chains and poly(vinyl pyrrolidone) (PVP) side chains, i.e. PVC-g-PVP, was synthesized via atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP), as confirmed by 1H NMR, FT-IR spectroscopy, and gel permeation chromatography (GPC). Transmission electron microscope (TEM) and small angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) analysis revealed the microphase-separated structure of PVC-g-PVP and the domain spacing increased from 21.4 to 23.9 nm with increasing grafting degree. All the membranes exhibited completely amorphous structure and high Young's modulus and tensile strength, as revealed by wide angle X-ray scattering (WAXS) and universal testing machine (UTM). Permeation experimental results using a CO2/N2 (50/50) mixture indicated that as an amount of PVP in a copolymer increased, CO2 permeability increased without the sacrifice of selectivity. For example, the CO2 permeability of PVC-g-PVP with 36 wt% of PVP at 35 degrees C was about four times higher than that of the pristine PVC membrane. This improvement resulted from the increase of diffusivity due to the disruption of chain packing in PVC by the grafting of PVP, as confirmed by WAXS analysis. Copyright (C) 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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