Projects
Projects: Projects for Investigator |
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| Reference Number | EP/N014960/1 | |
| Title | Mixed-Matrix Membranes Integrating Metal-Organic Frameworks: Thermo-Mechanical Properties and Engineering Performance | |
| Status | Completed | |
| Energy Categories | Not Energy Related 90%; Hydrogen and Fuel Cells(Hydrogen, Hydrogen production) 5%; Fossil Fuels: Oil Gas and Coal(CO2 Capture and Storage, CO2 capture/separation) 5%; |
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| Research Types | Basic and strategic applied research 100% | |
| Science and Technology Fields | PHYSICAL SCIENCES AND MATHEMATICS (Physics) 100% | |
| UKERC Cross Cutting Characterisation | Not Cross-cutting 100% | |
| Principal Investigator |
Professor J Tan No email address given Engineering Science University of Oxford |
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| Award Type | Standard | |
| Funding Source | EPSRC | |
| Start Date | 30 April 2016 | |
| End Date | 31 October 2017 | |
| Duration | 18 months | |
| Total Grant Value | £98,935 | |
| Industrial Sectors | No relevance to Underpinning Sectors | |
| Region | South East | |
| Programme | NC : Engineering | |
| Investigators | Principal Investigator | Professor J Tan , Engineering Science, University of Oxford (100.000%) |
| Industrial Collaborator | Project Contact , National Physical Laboratory (NPL) (0.000%) Project Contact , Anton Paar UK Ltd (0.000%) |
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| Objectives | ||
| Abstract | Polymer composite membranes containing nanostructured fillers have many potential applications in industrial sectors. For example, in emergent technologies ranging from carbon dioxide capture and sequestration to hydrogen purification, and for use in water desalination and vapor recovery systems, as well as in medical devices and smart sensors. Next-generation mixed-matrix membranes (MMMs) which incorporate porous metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), offer the unique opportunity for combining high selectivity and chemical tuneability of MOFs with the ease of processing and robustness intrinsic to conventional polymers. While the development of such MOF-polymer mixed-matrix membranes is in its infancy, there are already archetypal composite systems recently discovered that demonstrate substantial improvement in its functional performance (particularly gas/liquid permeability and selectivity properties). Much progress has been accomplished in this rapidly growing area. However, many important questions remain to be answered about its core mechanical-thermal properties and long-term chemical stability; its structure-function mechanical correlation information is scarce and, hitherto membrane structural integrity (under static or dynamic loading) is not well understood. This project will address the aforementioned problems, establishing an accurate knowledge of the underpinning physical properties, and pinpointing microscopic mechanisms that control the structural and functional performance of novel membranes. This research will yield systematic structure-function relationships, formulate innovative methodologies and detailed material model descriptions, which will enable prediction, rational design and engineering of new membranes. Resilient composite membranes featuring an improved damage tolerance coupled with optimal functionalities will enable many energy, environmental and multifunctional technologies benefitting the wider public | |
| Publications | (none) |
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| Final Report | (none) |
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| Added to Database | 28/01/19 | |
