Mesoporous membrane templated by a polymeric bicontinuous microemulsion.

Zhou, Ning; Bates, Frank S; Lodge, Timothy P · Nano Lett · 2006

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

We demonstrate a facile method for preparing a novel nanoporous material with an isotropic, three-dimensionally continuous pore structure from a polymeric bicontinuous microemulsion precursor, which consists of two immiscible homopolymers and the corresponding diblock copolymer. The protocol for the generation of nanopores is selective cross-linking of one domain with the subsequent removal of the other domain by solvent dissolution.

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