Preliminary Program subject to change
02D03 Characterization and Simulation of Novel Membranes and Separations
OverviewPapers are sought that describe novel approaches to characterizing membrane structure and performance. Contributions that describe new methods for membrane functionalization and characterization are of special interest.
Primary SponsorMembrane-Based Separations (02d)

Chair

Stephen M. Ritchie
Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering
University of Alabama
Department of Chemical Engineering
Box 870203
Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0203
Phone Number: 205-348-2712
Fax Number: 205-348-7758
Email: sritchie@coe.eng.ua.edu

CoChair

Jamie A. Hestekin
Assistant Professor
Ralph E. Martin Department of Chemical Engineering
University of Arkansas
3202 Bell Engineering Center
Fayetteville, AR 72701
Phone Number: 479-575-3492
Fax Number: 479-575-7926
Email: Jamie.Hestekin@uark.edu
Characterization of Pd-Based Membrane Fabricated by Surfactant Induced Electroless Plating (SIEP): Effect of Grain Size In Hydrogen Permeability
Mohammad A. Islam, Mechanical and Chemical Engineering Department, North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, NC 27411 and Shamsuddin Ilias, Department of Mechanical & Chemical Engineering, North Carolina A&T State University, 1601 E. Market Street, Greensboro, NC 27411
The Effect of Complexing Agents on the Electroless Pd-Ag Co-Deposition Bath Chemistry Using Linear Sweep Voltammetry for the Composite Membrane Synthesis
Rajkumar Bhandari, Chemical Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 100 Institute Road, Worcester, MA 01609 and Yi Hua Ma, Worcester Polytechnique Institute, Chemical Enginering, Worcester, MA 01609
Modelling the Solubility of Gases in High Free Volume Glassy Polymers with the Nelf Model
Michele Galizia1, Maria Grazia De Angelis1, Giulio C. Sarti2 and Yuri Yampolskii3, (1)University of Bologna, Via Terracini 28, Bologna, Italy, (2)Department of Chemical Engineering, Mining and Environmental technology, University of Bologna, Via Terracini 28, Bologna, Italy, (3)A. V. Topchiev Institute of Petrochemical Synthesis, Russian Academy of Science, 29, Leninsky prospect, Moscow, Russia
Synthesis and Properties of Tubular Titanate Two-Dimensionally Deposited Carbon Nanosheet Composite
Wen-Qin Peng1, Mami Aizawa1, Zheng-Ming Wang1 and Takahiro Hirotsu2, (1)National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tsukuba, 305-5869, Japan, (2)National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Takamatsu, 305-5869, Japan
Molecular Simulation Study for Chiral Separation of Racemic Mixture
Jianchao Liang1, Yanping Fan1, Zhongqiao Hu2, Jianwen Jiang3 and Raj Rajagopalan4, (1)National University of Singapore and The Singapore-MIT Alliance, Singapore, 117576, Singapore, (2)Chemical and Biological Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore, (3)Chemical land Biological Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore, (4)Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore, Kent Ridge, Singapore, Singapore
Local Membrane Characterization with Flux Lateral Force Microscopy
Jason P. Killgore and Rene M. Overney, Chemical Engineering, University of Washington, Box 351750, Seattle, WA 98195

Separations Division