Using intermolecular interactions to crosslink PIM- 1 and modify its gas sorption properties

McDonald, Tom ORCID: 0000-0002-9273-9173, Akhtar, Riaz ORCID: 0000-0002-7963-6874, Hon Lau, Cher, Ratvijitvech, Thanchanok, Cheng, Ge, Clowes, Rob ORCID: 0009-0002-4686-2119, Adams, Dave, Hasell, Tom ORCID: 0000-0003-4736-0604 and Cooper, Andy ORCID: 0000-0003-0201-1021 (2015) Using intermolecular interactions to crosslink PIM- 1 and modify its gas sorption properties Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 3 (9). pp. 4855-4864. ISSN 2050-7488, 2050-7496

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Abstract

The intermolecular interactions between the “polymer of intrinsic microporosity” PIM-1 and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) have been investigated with the aim of modifying the gas sorption and physical properties. Mixing PIM-1 with selected PAHs resulted in rapid precipitation of polymer. Blending PIM-1 with pyrene had a significant effect of the gas sorption properties of the resulting films; dramatically reduced N2 uptake (77 K), whilst CO2 uptake at 298 K was only slightly reduced. A gateopening behaviour was also observed for the N2 gas sorption (77 K), which was related to the pyrene content of the blend. Using an electron-donating PAH as the additive resulted in a stronger interaction. By exploiting a post-modification strategy after PIM-1 film formation, the absorption of either pyrene or 1-aminopyrene produced films with higher elastic moduli and greatly improved CO2/N2 gas sorption selectivities (293 K). Single gas permeability measurements revealed that while the 1-aminopyrene modified film possessed reduced CO2 permeability, it possessed enhanced CO2/N2 selectivity. Importantly, the ageing of the permeability was halted over the 50 days tested, likely due to the physical crosslinking of the polymer chains by 1-aminopyrene.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	3403 Macromolecular and Materials Chemistry, 34 Chemical Sciences, 40 Engineering, 4004 Chemical Engineering, 4016 Materials Engineering
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Depositing User:	Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited:	03 Feb 2015 11:30
Last Modified:	01 Mar 2026 10:01
DOI:	10.1039/c4ta06070a
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URI:	https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/2006363
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