The search for polymer materials to solve various problems of gas separation is an important direction in the development of membrane technology, or membrane materials science. For this purpose, it is necessary to have a Database in which the accumulated experience on the gas separation characteristics of membrane materials would be summarized.

In 1998, TIPS RAS collected open information on such important characteristics of polymers as gas transport and sorption parameters. On this basis, the "Gas separation parameters of glassy polymers" Database was created and registered (Informregister of the Russian Federation, 1998, No. 3585). With the help of the Database, various algorithms for predicting the gas transport characteristics of glassy polymers were implemented (see the list of references).

Currently, the "Gas separation parameters of glassy polymers" Database contains information for about 1100 amorphous glassy polymers of various chemical structures and for 26 gases. The database contains about 600 references and 7700 records. Such parameters as gases permeability, diffusion, solubility coefficients, activation energies of permeation and diffusion, density and glass transition temperature of polymers are tabulated.

The Database is regularly updated.
Currently, work on a new Database interface is ongoing.

Information can be obtained by e-mail:
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References

1. Yampolskii Yu., Shishatskii S., Alentiev A., Loza K. Correlation with and prediction of activation energies of gas permeation and diffusion in glassy polymers // J. Membr. Sci. 1998. V. 148. P. 59-69.
2. Yampolskii Yu., Shishatskii S., Alentiev A., Loza K. Group contribution method for transport property predictions of glassy polymers: focus on polyimides and polynorbornenes // J. Membr. Sci. 1998. V. 149. P. 203-220.
3. Alentiev A.Yu., Yampolskii Yu.P. Free volume model and tradeoff relations of gas permeability and selectivity in glassy polymers // J. Membr. Sci. 2000. V. 165. P. 201-216.
4. Alentiev A.Yu., Loza K.A., Yampolskii Yu.P. Development of the methods for prediction of gas permeation parameters of glassy polymers: polyimides as alternating copolymers // J. Membr. Sci. 2000 V. 167. P. 91-106.
5. Alentiev A.Yu., Yampolskii Yu.P. Meares equation and the role of cohesion energy density in diffusion in polymers // J. Membr. Sci. 2002. V. 206. P. 291-306.
6. A. Alentiev, Yu. Yampolskii, Correlation of Gas Permeability and Diffusivity with Selectivity: Orientations of the Clouds of the Data Points and the Effects of Temperature, Ind. Eng. Chem. Research, 2013 V. 52 № 26, P. 8864 – 8874.
7. Ryzhikh V. E., Alent’ev A. Yu., Yampol’skii Yu. P. Relation of gas-transport parameters of amorphous glassy polymers to their free volume: Positron annihilation study, Polymer Science Series A, 2013 V. 4 No.55, P. 244–252.
8. Rogan, Y.; Starannikova, L.; Ryzhikh, V.; Yampolskii, Y.; Bernardo, P.; Bazzarelli, F.; Jansen, J. C.; McKeown, N. B. Synthesis and Gas Permeation Properties of Novel Spirobisindane-Based Polyimides of Intrinsic Microporosity. Polymer Chemistry 2013, 4 (13). https://doi.org/10.1039/c3py00451a.
9. Alentiev, A.; Yampolskii, Yu.; Ryzhikh, V.; Tsarev, D. The Database “Gas Separation Properties of Glassy Polymers” (Topchiev Institute): Capabilities and Prospects. Pet. Chem. 2013, 53 (8), 554–558. https://doi.org/10.1134/S0965544113080033.
10. V. Ryzhikh, D. Tsarev, A. Alentiev, Yu. Yampolskii. A novel method for predictions of the gas permeation parameters of polymers on the basis of their chemical structure. // J. Membr. Sci. 2015. V. 487. P. 189 – 198 DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2015.03.055
11. Mikhail Goubko, Oleg Miloserdov, Yuri Yampolskii, Alexander Alentiev, Victoria Ryzhikh. A Novel Model to Predict Gas Solubility in Glassy Polymers. // J. Polym. Sci.: Part B: Polym. Phys. 2017. V. 55. №3. P. 228-244. DOI: 10.1002/polb.24263.
12. Belov, N.; Chatterjee, R.; Nikiforov, R.; Ryzhikh, V.; Bisoi, S.; Kumar, A. G.; Banerjee, S.; Yampolskii, Y. New Poly(Ether Imide)s with Pendant Di-Tert-Butyl Groups: Synthesis, Characterization and Gas Transport Properties. Separation and Purification Technology 2019, 217. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seppur.2019.02.017.
13. Goubko, M. V.; Miloserdov, O. A.; Yampolskii, Yu. P.; Ryzhikh, V. Ye. Prediction of Solubility Parameters of Light Gases in Glassy Polymers on the Basis of Simulation of a Short Segment of a Polymer Chain. Polym. Sci. Ser. A 2019, 61 (5), 718–732. https://doi.org/10.1134/S0965545X19050067.
14. Alentiev, A.; Chirkov, S.; Nikiforov, R.; Buzin, M.; Miloserdov, O.; Ryzhikh, V.; Belov, N.; Shaposhnikova, V.; Salazkin, S. Structure-Property Relationship on the Example of Gas Separation Characteristics of Poly(Arylene Ether Ketone)s and Poly(Diphenylene Phtalide). Membranes 2021, 11 (9), 677. https://doi.org/10.3390/membranes11090677.