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Microporous polymers

Ultrapermeable membranes

Microporous membranes were designed from the loose packing of two-dimensional polymer chains — a breakthrough giving both ultrahigh permeability and good selectivity for gas separations.

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Figure 1: Representation of the PIM-TMN-Trip membrane, and comparison of chemical structure and polymer packing of 2D and 3D PIMS.

IMAGE BY YAN YIN & MICHAEL D. GUIVER

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Yin, Y., Guiver, M. Ultrapermeable membranes. Nature Mater 16, 880–881 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/nmat4961

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