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Title: Permselective, metal chelate containing, plasma polymers

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OSTI ID:141564
 [1]; ;  [2]; ;  [3]
  1. Univ. of Missouri, Rolla, MO (United States)
  2. Research Triangle Inst., Research Triangle Park, NC (United States)
  3. Duke Univ., Durham, NC (United States)

Metal chelates, including cobalt Schiff bases and a cobalt porphyrin complex, have been codeposited with hydrocarbon plasma polymers to form thin films. The hydrocarbon monomers used were trans-2-butene and cyclooctene. The sorption of O{sub 2} by such membranes before and after reaction with pyridine (Pyr) or 1-methylimidazole (1-MeIm) was measured and the association FTIR and uv/visible absorption spectra were obtained. In addition permeability to O{sub 2} and N{sub 2} was determined. It was found that the structure of the metal chelates, which were sublimed into the plasma, was preserved. When bound to an axial base (Pyr or 1-MeIm), the plasma polymer occluded chelates bound O{sub 2} reversibly. O{sub 2} diffusion coefficients varied with the nature of the plasma polymer matrix. The ideal separation factor (O{sub 2}/N{sub 2}) increased for metal chelate containing plasma polymers vis-a-vis that for the plasma polymer matrix (without metal chelate). The ideal separation factor was at a maximum for low metal chelate loading and at a {open_quotes}mass thickness{close_quotes} of {approximately} 10 {mu}g/(cm{sup 2}min).

OSTI ID:
141564
Report Number(s):
CONF-930304-; TRN: 93:003688-1244
Resource Relation:
Conference: 205. American Chemical Society national meeting, Denver, CO (United States), 28 Mar - 2 Apr 1993; Other Information: PBD: 1993; Related Information: Is Part Of 205th ACS national meeting; PB: 1951 p.
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English