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A Novel Route to Three‐Dimensionally Ordered Macroporous Polymers by Electron Irradiation of Polymer Colloids
Author(s) -
Cho S. O.,
Jun H. Y.,
Ahn S. K.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/adma.200400376
Subject(s) - polymer , materials science , colloid , irradiation , porosity , colloidal crystal , chemical engineering , electron beam processing , electron , nanotechnology , polymer chemistry , composite material , physics , nuclear physics , engineering , quantum mechanics
A novel method for synthesizing ordered macroporous polymers is presented. Simply irradiating an electron beam onto colloidal polymer crystals generates regularly ordered macroporous polymers. No post‐treatment is required for the formation of porous polymers. In addition, arbitrarily shaped two‐ and three‐dimensional macroporous polymers of tunable pore sizes are fabricated via the electron‐irradiation method.