Publications by authors named "Giuseppina Scalzo"
In recent decades, ionic liquids (ILs) have garnered research interest for their noteworthy properties, such as thermal stability, low or no flammability, and negligible vapour pressure. Moreover, their tunability offers limitless opportunities to design ILs with properties suitable for applications in many industrial fields. This study aims to synthetise two series of methylimidazolium ILs bearing long alkyl chain in their cations (C9, C10, C12, C14, C16, C18, C20) and with tetrafluoroborate (BF) and the 1,3-dimethyl-5-sulfoisophthalate (DMSIP) as counter ions.
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- - Polyimides are promising materials for gas separation membranes due to their selective permeability and ability to operate under various temperatures and pressures, and current research is focusing on enhancing their performance through various fillers.
- - Researchers tested butylcalix[n]arene macrocycles (PTBCs) with different sizes as fillers in a thermoplastic polyimide to create nanocomposite membranes, using concentrations from 1-9 wt%.
- - The study involved preparation of films through a pre-mixing and solvent casting process, followed by characterization of their properties and gas transport, showing that the addition of these nanoporous fillers improved molecular transport efficiency.