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Highly Permeable Macroporous Polymers Synthesized from Pickering Medium and High Internal Phase Emulsion Templates
Author(s) -
Ikem Vivian O.,
Menner Angelika,
Horozov Tommy S.,
Bismarck Alexander
Publication year - 2010
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.201000729
Subject(s) - materials science , template , polymer , pickering emulsion , chemical engineering , emulsion , polymerization , porosity , pulmonary surfactant , porous medium , permeability (electromagnetism) , copolymer , polymer chemistry , nanotechnology , composite material , membrane , nanoparticle , chemistry , engineering , biochemistry
Open porous poly‐Pickering‐M/HIPEs with permeabilities of up to 2.6 D were prepared by polymerisation of Pickering‐M/HIPEs to which small amounts of surfactant were added. The permeability of these poly‐Pickering‐M/HIPEs is more than 5 times that of conventional polyHIPEs. This approach allows the synthesis of a novel class of permeable particle reinforced macroporous polymers with significant potential for practical exploitation.