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The degree of polymerization (DP) was analyzed via Gel Permeation Chromatography (GPC) and its effect on the CO2\/N2 perm-selectivity and CO2 permeance was investigated. The membrane that was polymerized at 80 \u00b0C (named R80) was selected as the best performing CMSM after a preliminary test. The post treatment with oxidative atmosphere was performed to increase the CO2 permeance and CO2\/N2 perm-selectivity on membrane R80. The gas permeation results and Pore Size Distribution (PSD) measurements via perm-porometry resulted in selecting the membrane with an 80 \u00b0C polymerization temperature, 100 min of post treatment in 6 bar pressure and 120 \u00b0C with an oxygen concentration of 10% (named R80T100) as the optimum for enhancing the performance of CMSMs. The 3D laser confocal microscopy results confirmed the reduction in the surface roughness in post treatment on CMSMs and the optimum timing of 100 min in the treatment. CMSM R80T100 exhibiting CO2\/N2 ideal selectivity of 194 at 100 \u00b0C with a CO2 permeability of 4718 barrier was performed higher than Robeson\u2019s upper bound limit for polymeric membranes and also the other CMSMs fabricated in this work.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/membranes12090847","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,8,31]],"date-time":"2022-08-31T00:13:56Z","timestamp":1661904836000},"page":"847","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":9,"title":["Ultra-Selective CMSMs Derived from Resorcinol-Formaldehyde Resin for CO2 Separation"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"12","author":[{"given":"Arash","family":"Rahimalimamaghani","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Sustainable Process Engineering, Chemical Engineering and Chemistry, Eindhoven University of Technology, P.O. 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