%0 doctoral thesis
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%A Aliyev, E.

%D 2020
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%T Preparation of two-dimensional materials and their application in thin film composite membranes
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%X As an outlook of this work, it is suggested to utilize the exfoliated nanolayers. Since graphene oxide is an insulating material, using conductive single-layer graphene, the percolation index can be detected. This gives us an interesting result for the explanation of gas transport through the PIM-1/G, PIM-1/GO, and PIM-1/FGO composite membranes. Exfoliated single-layer surface-initiated graphene oxide layers are promising initiators for the SI-ATRP polymerization, and the synthesis of block copolymers from exfoliated layers can be interesting for the membrane community. Another point for the pure GO membranes is to overcome the pinholes originated from the casting process that drastically decreases the performance of these membranes. Tuning the interlayer distance and the functional groups could be the next approach for the high-performance GO membranes as well. For the future, 2D MOF nanosheets, such as Zn2(bim)4, should be exfoliated to get better results even though the exfoliation is hurdle with the MOF nanosheets. Two-dimensional covalent organic frameworks offer a new prospect for the preparation of molecular sieving membranes to separate valuable components. It is worth noting that the pore size of the covalent organic frameworks must be tuned via post functionalization regarding the target gas molecules.