Materials Science of Membranes for Gas and Vapor Separation is a one-stop reference for the latest advances in membrane-based separation and technology. Put together by an international team of contributors and academia, the book focuses on the advances in both theoretical and experimental materials science and engineering, as well as progress in membrane technology. Special attention is given to comparing polymer and inorganic/organic separation and other emerging applications such as sensors. This book aims to give a balanced treatment of the subject area, allowing the reader an excellent overall perspective of new theoretical results that can be applied to advanced materials, as well as the separation of polymers. The contributions will provide a compact source of relevant and timely information and will be of interest to government, industrial and academic polymer chemists, chemical engineers and materials scientists, as well as an ideal introduction to students.

Materials Science of Membranes for Gas and Vapor Separationis a one-stop reference for the latest advances in membrane-basedseparation and technology. Put together by an international team ofcontributors and academia, the book focuses on the advances in boththeoretical and experimental materials science and engineering, aswell as progress in membrane technology. Special attention is givento comparing polymer and inorganic/organic separation and otheremerging applications such as sensors.This book aims to give a balanced treatment of the subject areaallowing the reader an excellent overall perspective of newtheoretical results that can be applied to advanced materials, aswell as the separation of polymers. The contributions will providea compact source of relevant and timely information and will be ofinterest to government, industrial and academic polymer chemistschemical engineers and materials scientists, as well as an idealintroduction to students.

Contributors.Preface.1. Transport of Gases and Vapors in Glassy and Rubbery Polymers(Scott Matteucci, Yuri Yampolskii, Benny D. Freeman and IngoPinnau).2. Principles of Molecular Simulation of Gas Transport inPolymers (Doros N. Theodorou).3. Molecular Simulation of Gas and Vapor Transport inHighly Permeable Polymers (Joel R. Fried).4. Predicting Gas Solubility in Membranes throughNon-Equilibrium Thermodynamics for Glassy Polymers (FerruccioDoghieri, Massimiliano Quinzi, David G. Rethwisch and Giulio C.Sarti).5. The Solution-Diffusion Model: A Unified Approach toMembrane Permeation (Johannes G. (Hans) Wijmans and Richard W.Baker ).6. Positron Annihilation Lifetime Spectroscopy and Other Methodsfor Free Volume Evaluation in Polymers (Yuri Yampolskii andVictor Shantarovich).7. Prediction of Gas Permeation Parameters of Polymers(Alexander Alentiev and Yuri Yampolskii ).8. Synthesis and Permeation Properties of SubstitutedPolyacetylenes for Gas Separation and Pervaporation (ToshioMasuda and Kazukiyo Nagai).9. Gas and Vapor Transport Properties of Perfluoropolymers(Tim C. Merkel, Ingo Pinnau, Rajeev Prabhakar and Benny D.Freeman).10. Structure and Transport Properties of Polyimides asMaterials for Gas and Vapor Membrane Separation (KazuhiroTanaka and Ken-Ichi Okamoto).11. The Impact of Physical Aging of Amorphous Glassy Polymers onGas Separation Membranes (Peter H. Pfromm).12. Zeolite Membranes for Gas and Liquid Separations (GeorgeR. Gavalas).13. Gas and Vapor Separation Membranes Based on Carbon Membranes(Hidetoshi Kita).14. Polymer Membranes for Separation of Organic Liquid Mixtures(Tadashi Uragami ).15. Zeolite Membranes for Pervaporation and Vapor Permeation(Hidetoshi Kita).16. Solid-State Facilitated Transport Membranes for Separationof Olefins/Paraffins and Oxygen/Nitrogen ( Yong Soo KangJong Hak Kim, Jongok Won and Hoon Sik Kim ).17. Review of Facilitated Transport Membranes (Richard D.Noble and Carl A. Koval ).Index.