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Abstract
Covalent organic polymers (COPs) represent a class of porous organic materials suitable for addressing separation challenges due to their tunable pore distribution. This work introduces the synthesis of a hydrophobic three-dimensional (3D) COP, TAPM-TFPDA, via an oligomer-mediated interfacial ripening method and its application in organic solvent nanofiltration (OSN). Utilizing an acetic acid-catalyzed system enables the room-temperature fabrication of 3D COP membranes. Characterization reveals that the TAPM-TFPDA membranes exhibit a narrow pore size distribution, exceptional solvent resistance, and high thermal stability. During interfacial ripening under the optimized conditions, the TAPM-TFPDA membrane achieved a 95.56% rejection of Evans blue and an ethanol permeance of 16.0 L·m–2·h–1·bar–1. Notably, its permeance in polar solvents like acetonitrile significantly outperformed that in nonpolar solvents. The COP membrane, produced through this straightforward process, exhibits exceptional performance in organic solvent separation. This highlights a viable strategy for developing high-performance separation membranes, allowing for precise structural tuning through the adjustment of process parameters.
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ACS Applied Polymer Materials is an interdisciplinary journal publishing original research covering all aspects of engineering, chemistry, physics, and biology relevant to applications of polymers.
The journal is devoted to reports of new and original experimental and theoretical research of an applied nature that integrates fundamental knowledge in the areas of materials, engineering, physics, bioscience, polymer science and chemistry into important polymer applications. The journal is specifically interested in work that addresses relationships among structure, processing, morphology, chemistry, properties, and function as well as work that provide insights into mechanisms critical to the performance of the polymer for applications.