Membranes
A membrane is a thin layer which acts as a selective barrier between two phases. Membrane processes can be used for a wide range of separations. We are interested in gas and vapour separations, and in the separation of liquid mixtures by pervaporation and nanofiltration.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
P.M. Budd and N.B. McKeown, Highly permeable polymers for gas separation membranes, Polym. Chem., 2010, 1, 63-68. DOI: 10.1039/b9py00319c
B.S. Ghanem, N.B. McKeown, P.M. Budd, N.M. Al-Harbi, D. Fritsch, K. Heinrich, L. Starannikova, A. Tokarev and Y. Yampolskii, Synthesis, characterization, and gas permeation properties of a novel group of polymers: PIM-polyimides, Macromolecules, 2009, 42, 7881-7888. DOI: 10.1021/ma901430q
P.M. Budd, N.B. McKeown, B.S. Ghanem, K.J. Msayib, D. Fritsch, L. Starannikova, N. Belov, O. Sanfirova, Y. Yampolskii and V. Shantarovich, Gas permeation parameters and other physicochemical properties of a polymer of intrinsic microporosity: Polybenzodioxane PIM-1, J. Membr. Sci., 2008, 325, 851-860. DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2008.09.010
B.S. Ghanem, N.B. McKeown, P.M. Budd, J.D. Selbie and D. Fritsch, High performance membranes from polyimides with intrinsic microporosity, Adv. Mater., 2008, 20, 2766-2771. DOI: 10.1002/adma.200702400
S.V. Adymkanov, Yu. P. Yampol'skii, A.M. Polyakov, P.M. Budd, K.J. Reynolds, N.B. McKeown and K.J. Msayib, Pervaporation of alcohols through highly permeable PIM-1 polymer films, Polymer Science, Ser. A, 2008, 50, 444-450. DOI: 10.1134/S0965545X08040135 Originally published in Russian: Vysokomol. Soedin., Ser. A, 2008, 50, 678-685.
P.M. Budd, N.B. McKeown and D. Fritsch , Polymers of intrinsic microporosity (PIMs): high free volume polymers for membrane applications, Macromol. Symp. , 2006, 245-246, 403-405.
P.M. Budd, K.J. Msayib, C.E. Tattershall, B.S. Ghanem, K.J. Reynolds, N.B. McKeown and D. Fritsch, Gas separation membranes from polymers of intrinsic microporosity, J. Membr. Sci., 2005, 251, 263-269.
P.M. Budd, N.M.P.S. Ricardo, J.J. Jafar, B. Stephenson and R. Hughes, Zeolite/Polyelectrolyte Multilayer Pervaporation Membranes for Enhanced Reaction Yield , Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. , 2004, 43, 1863-1867.
P.M. Budd, E.S. Elabas, B.S. Ghanem, S. Makhseed, N.B. McKeown, K.J. Msayib, C.E. Tattershall and D. Wang, Solution-processed, organophilic membrane derived from a polymer of intrinsic microporosity , Adv. Mater., 2004, 16, 456-459.
J.J. Jafar, P.M. Budd and R. Hughes, Enhancement of esterification reaction yield using zeolite A vapor permeation membrane, J. Memb. Sci., 2002, 199, 117-123.
J.J. Jafar and P.M. Budd, Separation of alcohol/water mixtures by pervaporation through zeolite A membranes, Microporous Mater., 1997, 12, 305-311.
G.J. Myatt, P.M. Budd, C. Price and S.W. Carr, Synthesis of a zeolite NaA membrane, J. Mater. Chem., 1992, 2, 1103-1104.
PIM-1 membrane
Scanning electron micrograph of a zeolite A membrane