From polybenzimidazoles to polybenzimidazoliums and polybenzimidazolides

D Aili, J Yang, K Jankova, D Henkensmeier… - Journal of Materials …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Polybenzimidazoles represent a large family of high-performance polymers containing
benzimidazole groups as part of the structural repeat unit. New application areas in …

Plasticization mitigation strategies for gas and liquid filtration membranes-A review

YS Chang, P Kumari, CJ Munro, G Szekely… - Journal of Membrane …, 2023 - Elsevier
Plasticization is a major source of performance reduction in polymeric membranes, where
uptake of specific vapour or liquid compounds affects either the space between …

The energetics of phosphoric acid interactions reveals a new acid loss mechanism

AS Lee, YK Choe, I Matanovic, YS Kim - Journal of Materials Chemistry …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Acid retention of phosphoric acid (PA)-doped proton exchange membranes (PEMs) is one of
the critical factors that determine the durability of high temperature PEM fuel cells. However …

Gas separation properties of polybenzimidazole/thermally-rearranged polymer blends

JD Moon, AT Bridge, C D'Ambra, BD Freeman… - Journal of Membrane …, 2019 - Elsevier
Polybenzimidazole (PBI) is highly selective for H 2 removal from mixtures with CO 2, but it
exhibits low gas permeabilities. Celazole® PBI was blended with more permeable HAB …

Effect of the annealing temperature of polybenzimidazole membranes in high pressure and high temperature H2/CO2 gas separations

EV Perez, JP Ferraris, KJ Balkus Jr… - Journal of Membrane …, 2023 - Elsevier
The effect of the annealing temperature of polybenzimidazole (PBI) membranes on H 2/CO 2
gas separations was investigated. Membranes annealed from 250° C to 400° C were tested …

Towards a predictive thermodynamic description of sorption processes in polymers: The synergy between theoretical EoS models and vibrational spectroscopy

G Mensitieri, G Scherillo, C Panayiotou… - Materials Science and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Understanding and predicting sorption thermodynamics of low molecular weight compounds
in rubbery and glassy polymers is of great relevance to elucidate important phenomena in …

Purification, chemical, structural characterization and biological activity of polysaccharide from blue oyster mushroom Hypsizygus ulmarius

A Thimmaraju, P Seedevi - Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery, 2024 - Springer
Abstract The polysaccharide (HUP-1) was fractionated and purified from crude
polysaccharide of Hypsizygus ulmarius by using ion-exchange and gel-permeation …

Pure and mixed fluid sorption and transport in Celazole® polybenzimidazole: Effect of plasticization

KP Bye, V Loianno, TN Pham, R Liu, JS Riffle… - Journal of Membrane …, 2019 - Elsevier
Tough polymers are recognized as ideal membrane materials for gas and liquid separations
in harsh environments. However, while solvent flux and solute rejection data, as well as …

Plasticization mechanism in polybenzimidazole membranes for organic solvent nanofiltration: molecular insights from in situ FTIR spectroscopy

V Loianno, KP Bye, M Galizia… - Journal of Polymer …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Despite substantial research efforts being devoted to design polymer membranes for
organic solvent nanofiltration (OSN) exhibiting enhanced plasticization resistance, detailed …

Modeling water diffusion in polybenzimidazole membranes using partial immobilization and free volume theory

JD Moon, M Galizia, H Borjigin, R Liu, JS Riffle… - Polymer, 2020 - Elsevier
This study extends previous work on modeling water sorption, dilation, and diffusion in
polybenzimidazoles (PBIs) by comparing water transport properties of commercial PBI …