Modeling Amorphous Microporous Polymers for CO2 Capture and Separations

G Kupgan, LJ Abbott, KE Hart, CM Colina - Chemical reviews, 2018 - ACS Publications
This review concentrates on the advances of atomistic molecular simulations to design and
evaluate amorphous microporous polymeric materials for CO2 capture and separations. A …

Molecular modeling investigations of sorption and diffusion of small molecules in Glassy polymers

N Vergadou, DN Theodorou - Membranes, 2019 - mdpi.com
With a wide range of applications, from energy and environmental engineering, such as in
gas separations and water purification, to biomedical engineering and packaging, glassy …

Detailed‐atomistic molecular modeling of small molecule diffusion and solution processes in polymeric membrane materials

D Hofmann, L Fritz, J Ulbrich… - Macromolecular …, 2000 - Wiley Online Library
Atomistic molecular modeling techniques have proven to be a very useful tool for the
investigation of the structure and dynamics of dense amorphous membrane polymers and of …

Fluorinated-cardo-based Co-polyimide membranes with enhanced selectivity for CO2 separation

F Fan, Y Sun, Q Zhao, J Zhang, J Guan, G He… - Separation and …, 2023 - Elsevier
The application of fluorinated polyimides in the field of gas separation membranes is
becoming increasingly widespread due to their strong thermal and chemical stability …

Atomistic simulation of polymer melt elasticity: Calculation of the free energy of an oriented polymer melt

VG Mavrantzas, DN Theodorou - Macromolecules, 1998 - ACS Publications
A method is developed for predicting the elasticity of a polymer melt through detailed
atomistic simulations. The Helmholtz energy of a melt oriented by flow is postulated to be of …

Carbon dioxide diffusion and plasticization in fluorinated polyimides

S Neyertz, D Brown, S Pandiyan… - Macromolecules, 2010 - ACS Publications
Extensive molecular dynamics (MD) simulations of 6FDA− 6FpDA, 6FDA− 6FmDA, and
6FDA− DAM polyimides with CO2 weight percentages up to∼ 30%, were carried out to …

Interfacial structure and dynamics of siloxane systems: PDMS− vapor and PDMS− water

AE Ismail, GS Grest, DR Heine, MJ Stevens… - …, 2009 - ACS Publications
Using a fully atomistic force field for polydimethylsiloxane developed by Smith et al.[J. Phys.
Chem. B 2004, 108, 20340], we study the interfacial properties of polydimethylsiloxane …

Molecular modeling of methane diffusion in glassy atactic polypropylene via multidimensional transition state theory

ML Greenfield, DN Theodorou - Macromolecules, 1998 - ACS Publications
A multidimensional transition state theory (TST) approach is formulated for the study of
elementary jumps involved in the diffusion of a gaseous penetrant in a glassy polymer …

Recent development of membranes for carbon capture: From materials to asymmetric membranes

Y Jia, K Wong, C Liang, J Wu, TS Chung… - Progress in Materials …, 2024 - Elsevier
Membrane technology has emerged as a promising approach for various CO 2 capture
applications, including but not limited to hydrogen purification, natural gas processing …

Influence of interfaces on thin polymer film behaviour

DG Bucknall - Progress in Materials Science, 2004 - Elsevier
In many ways interfaces and surfaces dominate the behaviour of not only bulk polymers but
also thin film behaviour. The critical nature that the interface plays on numerous physical …