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Rigid Macroporous Poly(divinylbenzene) Monoliths with a Well‐Defined Bicontinuous Morphology Prepared by Living Radical Polymerization
Author(s) -
Kanamori K.,
Nakanishi K.,
Hanada T.
Publication year - 2006
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.200601026
Subject(s) - divinylbenzene , materials science , thermal stability , polydimethylsiloxane , polymerization , morphology (biology) , chemical engineering , monolith , polymer chemistry , separator (oil production) , radical polymerization , copolymer , composite material , polymer , organic chemistry , catalysis , styrene , chemistry , thermodynamics , physics , biology , engineering , genetics
Rigid macroporous poly(divinylbenzene) monoliths with good mechanical and thermal stability and possessing a well‐defined bicontinous structure (see figure) are synthesized using living radical polymerization and a polymeric phase separator. The macropore size and volume can be independently tuned by varying the starting compositions of the mixtures. Scale bars represent 20 μm, a–d show increasing polydimethylsiloxane concentration.