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JOURNAL OF RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY
卷 52, 期 5, 页码 1022-1031出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/jrs.6084
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barrier membranes; confocal Raman microscopy; diffusion; permeability; Raman mapping
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- Fondo para la Investigacion Cientifica y Tecnologica [PICT14-1919]
This work presents a method to characterize the effective diffusivity of barrier membranes to mass transport, using membranes with controlled microstructures and Raman mapping to study the influence of holes on mass transport. Results show that holes act as barriers to mass transport and reduce the effective diffusion coefficient of the penetrant molecule. Raman measurements provide valuable data to contrast theoretical models of mass transport in heterogeneous barrier membranes.
This work describes a setup to characterize the effective diffusivity of barrier membranes to mass transport. Membranes with controlled and well-defined barrier microstructures are produced from an elastomeric polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) matrix. Physical obstacles to mass transport are generated by carving in the matrix microscopic holes with well-defined shapes and in specific positions. Lateral Raman mapping is used to follow mass transport of a penetrant molecule, hexadecanol (HDOL), in the carved matrix. The influence of circular and elongated holes over mass transport is examined by monitoring the HDOL Raman intensity over time, after it passes the barrier microstructure. Results are compared with computer simulations of mass transport and excellent agreement is found. It is shown that holes act as bidimensional barriers to HDOL and that the effective diffusion coefficient of HDOL in the barrier membrane is reduced with respect to that of the homogenous material. Overall, Raman measurements provide a valuable base of data generation to contrast theoretical models of mass transport in heterogeneous barrier membranes.
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