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Structure and Properties of High and Low Free Volume Polymers Studied by Molecular Dynamics Simulation
by Mikhail Mazo, Nikolay Balabaev, Alexandre Alentiev, Ivan Strelnikov and Yury Yampolskii
Computation 2019, 7(2), 27; https://doi.org/10.3390/computation7020027 - 31 May 2019
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Using molecular dynamics, a comparative study was performed of two pairs of glassy polymers, low permeability polyetherimides (PEIs) and highly permeable Si-containing polytricyclononenes. All calculations were made with 32 independent models for each polymer. In both cases, the accessible free volume (AFV) increases [...] Read more.
Using molecular dynamics, a comparative study was performed of two pairs of glassy polymers, low permeability polyetherimides (PEIs) and highly permeable Si-containing polytricyclononenes. All calculations were made with 32 independent models for each polymer. In both cases, the accessible free volume (AFV) increases with decreasing probe size. However, for a zero-size probe, the curves for both types of polymers cross the ordinate in the vicinity of 40%. The size distribution of free volume in PEI and highly permeable polymers differ significantly. In the former case, they are represented by relatively narrow peaks, with the maxima in the range of 0.5–1.0 Å for all the probes from H2 to Xe. In the case of highly permeable Si-containing polymers, much broader peaks are observed to extend up to 7–8 Å for all the gaseous probes. The obtained size distributions of free volume and accessible volume explain the differences in the selectivity of the studied polymers. The surface area of AFV is found for PEIs using Delaunay tessellation. Its analysis and the chemical nature of the groups that form the surface of free volume elements are presented and discussed. Full article
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