Leo supra 35vp microscope

¹H NMR spectra were obtained on an Advance DPX 400 MHz spectrometer (Bruker, Karlsruhe,, Germany). The samples were dissolved either in deuterated chloroform (CDCl₃) or dimethylsulfoxide (DMSO-d₆) with tetramethylsilane (TMS) used as internal standard. Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) was performed using a Labsys TG (Setaram Instrumentation, Caluire-et-Cuire, France). The samples were heated at 20 °C min⁻¹ to 800 °C under nitrogen atmosphere. ATR-IR spectra were recorded on Platinum ATR spectrometer (Bruker, Ettlingen, Germany). The surface and the cross-sectional morphology of the membranes were studied by SEM using a LEO Supra 35VP microscope (Zeiss, Oberkochen, Germany). The specimens for the cross-section study were prepared by fracturing the membranes in liquid nitrogen. Differential Scanning Calorimetry analyses were performed on a DSC instrument from Perkin Elmer (DSC Q100, Waltham, MA, USA) over a temperature range from −100 to 300 °C (including heating and cooling cycles) under nitrogen flow at a scan rate of 10 °C/min. The first heating run was conducted in order to remove the thermal history and traces of absorbed water and residual solvents from the samples. The glass transition temperatures were recorded in the second heating run.

The ¹HNMR and Fluorine Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (¹⁹FNMR) spectra were recorded on an Advance DPX 400 MHz spectrometer (Bruker, Karlsruhe, Germany). All solutions were made either in deuterated chloroform (CDCl₃) or dimethylsulfoxide (DMSO-d₆) and tetramethylsilane (TMS) was used as internal standard.
Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) was conducted in the temperature range from room temperature to 800 °C under nitrogen atmosphere and a heating rate 20 °C min⁻¹ using a Labsys TG (Setaram Instrumentation, Caluire-et-Cuire, France).
Attenuated Total Reflection Fourier Transform Infra Red (ATR-FT-IR) spectra were collected on a Platinum ATR spectrometer (Bruker, Ettlingen, Germany).
Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) was conducted on a LEO Supra 35VP microscope (Zeiss, Oberkochen, Germany). Membrane cross-sections for SEM imaging were prepared by freeze-fracturing the samples after immersion in liquid nitrogen.
Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC) was carried out on a Perkin Elmer DSC instrument (DSC Q100, Waltham, MA, USA) from −100 to 300 °C with a heating rate of 10 °C/min under a nitrogen flow. The effect of water and previous thermal history was erased by the first heating run while the glass transition temperatures were recorded in the second heating run.

ATR spectra of all membranes were collected from 4000 to 400 cm⁻¹ with a resolution of 4 cm⁻¹ using a platinum ATR Bruker spectrometer. Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) was performed on a Labys TG (Setaram Instrumentation, Caluire-et-Cuire, France) under N₂ flow from 25 to 800 °C with a heating rate of 10 °C min⁻¹. Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) was conducted on a Perkin Elmer DSC Q100 instrument (Waltham, MA, USA) under N₂ flow, in the temperature range from −100 °C to 200 °C and with a heating rate of 10 °C min⁻¹. Two heating cycles were performed, and the glass transition temperature was derived from the second cycle. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) was conducted using a LEO Supra 35VP microscope (Zeiss, Oberkochen, Germany). The cross-sections of the membranes were prepared after fracturing in liquid N₂.