Use of radiation graft polymerization for synthesizing and modifying gas-separating membranes—review

Abstract

The synthetic possibilities of the radiation graft polymerization method for synthesizing and modifying membranes and the functionalization of the materials of membrane technology are reviewed. Attention is focused on the problems of synthesis of gas-separating membranes. In this connection the review also touches on the problems of imparting hydrophilic and ion-exchange properties to membranes. The relationship between the sorption, diffusional and some other properties of membranes, the aspects of their structure and the conditions of conducting synthesis is analysed.