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Macromol. Rapid Commun. 5/2008
Author(s) -
Gin Douglas L.,
Bara Jason E.,
Noble Richard D.,
Elliott Brian J.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
macromolecular rapid communications
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.348
H-Index - 154
eISSN - 1521-3927
pISSN - 1022-1336
DOI - 10.1002/marc.200890006
Subject(s) - monomer , photopolymer , polymer , lyotropic , nanopore , materials science , liquid crystal , polymer science , thermal diffusivity , aqueous solution , chemical engineering , molecule , solubility , polymer chemistry , nanotechnology , chemistry , organic chemistry , composite material , liquid crystalline , physics , optoelectronics , quantum mechanics , engineering
Cover: The cover picture shows how cross‐linked polymers containing uniform, aqueous pores with diameters of ≤1.2 nm can be made by the radical photopolymerization of self‐organized lyotropic liquid crystal (LLC) (i.e., surfactant) monomer assemblies. Depending on the shape of the LLC monomers and their packing preferences, cross‐linked networks with ordered 1‐D cylindrical or 3‐D interconnected pore systems can be generated. The resulting nanostructured polymer films are able to perform enhanced gas and liquid separations via control of the solubility‐diffusivity characteristics of the substrate molecules passing through them, or via molecular size‐exclusion through the nanopores. Further details can be found in the article by D. L. Gin, * J. E. Bara, R. D. Noble, and B. J. Elliott on page 367.