Abstract:We provide a critical perspective of the burgeoning literature on microporous polymers prepared using thermal rearrangement (TR) processes based on the learning derived from analogous chemistry involving small‐molecular‐weight compounds. TR polymers have shown interesting permeability–selectivity relationships in gas separation and, thus, have generated wide interest as potential membrane materials for industrial applications. The intractable nature of the products obtained by TR processes has precluded rigoro… Show more
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