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Mesoporous membrane templated by a polymeric bicontinuous microemulsion.

Ning Zhou·Frank S Bates·Timothy P Lodge
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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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CrystallizationEmulsionsMacromolecular SubstancesMaterials TestingMembranes, ArtificialMolecular ConformationNanostructuresNanotechnologyParticle SizePolymersPorositySurface PropertiesJournal ArticleResearch Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

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Ning Zhou, Frank S Bates, Timothy P Lodge. 2006. Mesoporous membrane templated by a polymeric bicontinuous microemulsion.. https://doi.org/10.1021/nl061765t

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