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Cover Picture: Dramatic Morphology Control in the Fabrication of Porous Polymer Films (Adv. Funct. Mater. 22/2008)
Author(s) -
Connal Luke A.,
Vestberg Robert,
Hawker Craig J.,
Qiao Greg G.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
advanced functional materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.069
H-Index - 322
eISSN - 1616-3028
pISSN - 1616-301X
DOI - 10.1002/adfm.200890090
Subject(s) - materials science , porosity , polymer , fabrication , nanotechnology , dendrimer , honeycomb , morphology (biology) , porous medium , cover (algebra) , chemical engineering , polymer science , polymer chemistry , composite material , medicine , mechanical engineering , alternative medicine , pathology , biology , engineering , genetics
The preparation of highly ordered, porous honeycomb films by the breath figure technique using dendron‐functionalized star polymers as precursors is described by L. A. Connal et al. on page 3706 . By changing the nature of the dendritic end groups, the porous morphologies can be controlled. Fluorinated star polymers create a new type of structure with extremely thin walls. This technique represents a new set of tools to create desired porous structures.