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Organic microporous materials made by bicontinuous microemulsion polymerization
Author(s) -
Burban J. H.,
He Mengtao,
Cussler E. L.
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
aiche journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.958
H-Index - 167
eISSN - 1547-5905
pISSN - 0001-1541
DOI - 10.1002/aic.690410417
Subject(s) - microporous material , microemulsion , polymerization , materials science , chemical engineering , polymer science , composite material , polymer , pulmonary surfactant , engineering
Microporous solids made by polymerizing the organic phase of bicontinuous microemulsions stabilized with didodecyldimethylammonium bromide show surface areas as high as 70 m 2 /g. Small‐angle X‐ray scattering measurements on microporous copolymers containing polymethylmethacrylate show that these areas result from structures larger than 250 Å that are generated during polymerization. These X‐rays measurements also show that the 17‐Å structures characteristics of the original microemulsion are retained during polymerization, but destroyed when the detergent is extracted and the solid is dried.