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Synthesis and Characterization of Novel Poly(arylene ether)s for Gas Separation and Water Desalination Membranes Gurtej Singh Narang Dissertation submitted to the faculty of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Macromolecular Science and Engineering Judy Riffle, Chair S. Richard Turner Richey Davis Benny Freeman Kevin Edgar 09/21/2017 Blacksburg, VA Keywords: gas separation, water desalination, electrodialysis, poly(arylene ether ketone), phosphine oxide, poly(2,6 dimethylphenylene oxide), polymer blends, UV crosslinking, poly(phenylene ether sulfone), post sulfonation, fixed charge concentration Copyright 2017 by Gurtej Singh Narang

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Synthesis and Characterization of Novel Poly(arylene ether)s for Gas Separation

and Water Desalination Membranes

Gurtej Singh Narang

Dissertation submitted to the faculty of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in

partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of

Doctor of Philosophy

in

Macromolecular Science and Engineering

Judy Riffle, Chair

S. Richard Turner

Richey Davis

Benny Freeman

Kevin Edgar

09/21/2017

Blacksburg, VA

Keywords: gas separation, water desalination, electrodialysis, poly(arylene ether ketone),

phosphine oxide, poly(2,6 dimethylphenylene oxide), polymer blends, UV crosslinking,

poly(phenylene ether sulfone), post sulfonation, fixed charge concentration

Copyright 2017 by Gurtej Singh Narang

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