Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Development of Ion-Jelly® membranes

CATEGORY: MEMBRANES
Separation and Purification Technology, Volume 106, 14 March 2013, Pages 22–31
Development of Ion-Jelly® membranes
Ricardo M. Couto, Tânia Carvalho, Luísa A. Neves, Rui M. Ruivo, Pedro Vidinha, Alexandre Paiva, Isabel M.  Coelhoso, Susana Barreiros, Pedro C. Simões
REQUIMTE, Departamento de Química, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal
Abstract
Researchers report fabrication and characterization of Ion-Jelly® membranes. Ion-Jelly® is a new green and sustainable gel material, obtained by addition of an ionic liquid to gelatine. Three separate ionic liquids, i.e., ([EMIM][DCA], [BMIM][DCA] and [BMPyr][DCA]), were used to study the difference in the membrane properties introduced by changes in the ionic liquid cation.
Traction, contact angles, and SEM were used to characterize the physical properties of the membranes. They were further tested in separation processes using supercritical carbon dioxide for the fractionation of a model mixture made of oleic acid and squalene and for the separation of biodiesel products and reagents.
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