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Front Cover -- Nanocomposite Membranes for Gas Separation -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Membrane separation -- 1.2 Membrane-based gas separation -- 1.3 Overview of gas separation membranes -- 1.4 The motivations for nanocomposite membrane -- 1.4.1 Limitations of conventional polymeric and inorganic membranes -- 1.4.2 The emergence of nanocomposite gas separation membranes -- References -- 2 Nanocomposite membrane materials -- 2.1 Polymers -- 2.1.1 Glassy polymers -- 2.1.1.1 Polyimides -- 2.1.1.2 Polyethersulfone and polysulfone -- 2.1.1.3 Polyetherimide

2.1.1.4 Polymers of intrinsic microporosity -- 2.1.1.5 Thermally rearranged polymers -- 2.1.2 Rubbery polymers -- 2.1.2.1 Poly(ethylene oxide) -- 2.1.2.2 Polyurethane -- 2.1.3 Facilitated transport polymers -- 2.1.4 Ionic liquid and poly(ionic liquid) -- 2.2 Nanomaterials -- 2.2.1 Zeolite -- 2.2.2 Metal organic frameworks -- 2.2.3 Carbon nanotubes -- 2.2.4 Graphene family nanomaterials -- 2.2.5 Metals, metal oxides, and metal sulfides -- 2.2.6 Layered double hydroxides -- 2.2.7 Covalent organic frameworks -- 2.2.8 Nanocellulose -- 2.3 Additives -- 2.3.1 Polymeric and inorganic additives

2.3.2 Ionic liquid -- References -- 3 Structure and gas transport of nanocomposite membranes -- 3.1 Configurations of nanocomposite membranes -- 3.2 Structure of nanocomposite membranes -- 3.2.1 Mixed matrix membrane -- 3.2.2 Multilayer nanocomposite -- 3.3 Gas permeation through nanocomposite membrane -- 3.3.1 Principle of gas permeation through membrane -- 3.4 Nanofiller-polymer matrix interactions -- 3.5 Matching of polymer and nanofiller -- References -- 4 Nanocomposite membrane fabrication -- 4.1 Overview -- 4.2 Mixed-matrix membrane -- 4.2.1 Symmetrical mixed-matrix membrane

4.2.2 Mixed-matrix membrane from phase inversion -- 4.2.2.1 Phase inversion -- 4.2.2.2 Nanocomposite membrane dope preparation -- 4.2.2.3 Direct blending of nanofillers -- 4.2.2.4 In situ growth of nanofiller -- 4.2.2.5 Fabrication of flat sheet membrane through solution casting -- 4.2.2.6 Fabrication of hollow fiber membrane through dry-jet wet-spinning -- 4.3 Multilayer nanocomposite membranes -- 4.3.1 Substrate of multilayer nanocomposite membrane -- 4.3.2 Interfacially polymerized multilayer nanocomposite membrane -- 4.3.3 Solution-coated multilayer nanocomposite membranes

4.3.4 Other advanced techniques -- References -- 5 Modifications of nanomaterials for nanocomposite membranes -- 5.1 Modifications of nanomaterials -- 5.2 Compatibility improvement modification -- 5.2.1 Silylation -- 5.2.2 Organic/polymeric compatibilizer -- 5.2.3 Solvent-free nanofluids -- 5.2.4 Ionic liquid -- 5.3 Enhanced gas permeability modification -- 5.3.1 Amine functionalization -- 5.3.2 Thermal annealing -- References -- 6 Characterizations of nanocomposite membranes -- 6.1 Overview -- 6.2 Morphology and topology -- 6.3 Composition and elemental analysis -- 6.4 Porosity profile

6.5 Chemical structure and bonding