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Sol-gel strategies for amorphous, inorganic membranes exhibiting molecular sieving characteristics

Conference ·
OSTI ID:213089
 [1]; ;  [2]
  1. Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (United States)
  2. Univ. of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM (United States); and others

Sol-gel strategies for the preparation of inorganic membranes involve the deposition of an inorganic sol on a mesoprous support by a process combining the features of slip-casting and dip-coating. In order to be practical the deposited membrane must exhibit both high flux and high selectivity. For porous membranes these requirements are met by extremely thin, porous films exhibiting a narrow size distribution of very small pores. This paper considers the use of polymeric silica and hybrid-organosilyl precursor sols in the context of the underlying physics and chemistry of the membrane deposition process.

OSTI ID:
213089
Report Number(s):
CONF-940713--
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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