Year: 2013
Type: article
Abstract: This dissertation discusses, in brief, the production and transport property characterization of films made from the extrusion and biaxial stretching of [beta] nucleated isotactic polypropylene and the extrusion of PEBAX block copolymers. Multilayered films for modified atmosphere packaging applications were also produced by coextrusion and biaxial stretching of these two materials and similarly characterized. Current membranes for packaging applications are generally produced by coating a porous support with a polymeric solution to deposit an active layer for separation. The goal of this project is to displace membranes produced by solvent-based processes, which are environmentally hazardous and thus costly, with equivalent or superior materials produced using melt extrusion.
Author: Grant T. Offord
Language: English
Subfield: Filtration and Separation
Field: Chemical Engineering
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
Funder: National Science Foundation
OpenAlex ID: W2154511098