Chan, E.
, Young, A.
, Lee, J.
and Stafford, C.
(2013),
Swelling of Ultrathin Molecular Layer-by-Layer Polyamide Water Desalination Membranes, Journal of Polymer Science Part B-Polymer Physics (Accessed April 24, 2026)
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Swelling of Ultrathin Molecular Layer-by-Layer Polyamide Water Desalination Membranes
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Author(s)
, Allison P. Young, Jung-Hyun Lee,
Abstract
The water vapor swelling behavior of ultrathin crosslinked aromatic polyamide films, synthesized via molecular layer-by-layer deposition, is characterized via specular X-ray reflectivity. The results show that these films expand only along the thickness direction and their maximum swelling ratio can be controlled by the specific diamine monomer chemistry. By measuring the swelling ratio as a function of water activity, the network parameters (Flory interaction parameter and monomer units between crosslinks) of these polyamides are characterized using the classical Flory-Rehner and the Painter-Shenoy thermodynamic swelling models. Comparing the monomer units between crosslink calculated from the swelling theories with values obtain from chemical analysis show that the Painter-Shenoy model gives a more accurate description of the polyamide networks investigated.Citation
Journal of Polymer Science Part B-Polymer Physics
Volume
51
Issue
22
Pub Type
Journals
Keywords
membrane, swelling, network, x-ray reflectivity, water, reverse osmosis
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Created September 30, 2013, Updated February 19, 2017