Issue 30, 2012
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Journal of Materials Chemistry

Ultra-thin hybrid polyhedral silsesquioxane–polyamide films with potentially unlimited 2D dimensions†‡

Mayur Dalwani,§a   Jumeng Zheng,§a   Mark Hempenius,b   Michiel J. T. Raaijmakers,c   Cara M. Doherty,d   Anita J. Hill,d   Matthias Wesslinge  and  Nieck E. Benes*c  

* Corresponding authors

a Membrane Science and Technology, University of Twente, Dept. of Science and Technology, Mesa+ Institute of Nanotechnology, P.O. Box 217, 7500 AE Enschede, The Netherlands

b Materials Science and Technology of Polymers, University of Twente, Dept. of Science and Technology, Mesa+ Institute of Nanotechnology, P.O. Box 217, 7500 AE Enschede, The Netherlands

c Inorganic Membranes, University of Twente, Dept. of Science and Technology, Mesa+ Institute of Nanotechnology, P.O. Box 217, 7500 AE Enschede, The Netherlands
E-mail: n.e.benes@utwente.nl

d CSIRO Materials Science and Engineering and Process Science and Engineering, Private Bag 10, South Clayton VIC 3169, Australia

e RWTH Aachen University, Chemical Process Engineering, Turmstrasse 46, 52064 Aachen, Germany

Abstract

The formation of hybrid polyhedral silsesquioxane–polyamides, in the form of self-supporting or supported ultra-thin films, is presented. The thin films combine intrinsic local ordering of inorganic and organic constituents on the molecular scale with potentially infinite lateral macroscopic dimensions, are robust and flexible, and exhibit molecular selectivity in liquid permeation experiments.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C2JM31941A
Article type
Communication
Submitted
28 Mar 2012
Accepted
16 May 2012
First published
17 May 2012

J. Mater. Chem., 2012,22, 14835-14838

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Ultra-thin hybrid polyhedral silsesquioxane–polyamide films with potentially unlimited 2D dimensions

M. Dalwani, J. Zheng, M. Hempenius, M. J. T. Raaijmakers, C. M. Doherty, A. J. Hill, M. Wessling and N. E. Benes, J. Mater. Chem., 2012, 22, 14835 DOI: 10.1039/C2JM31941A

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