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An Ordered Nanoporous Monolith from an Elastomeric Crosslinked Block Copolymer Precursor

✍ Scribed by Kevin A. Cavicchi; Andrew S. Zalusky; Marc A. Hillmyer; Timothy P. Lodge


Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2004
Tongue
English
Weight
185 KB
Volume
25
Category
Article
ISSN
1022-1336

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Abstract

Summary: An ordered nanoporous monolith was prepared from a poly(isoprene‐b‐dimethylsiloxane) (PI‐PDMS) hexagonally packed cylinder precursor. The PDMS cylinders were macroscopically aligned, the PI was crosslinked with dicumyl peroxide, and the PDMS was removed using tetrabutylammonium fluoride. The stability of the pores depended on the modulus of the matrix. At high crosslink density the pores were stable, but they collapsed at a low crosslink density. The nanoporous materials could be swollen in toluene.

A scanning electron micrograph of the end‐on view of crosslinked degraded poly(isoprene‐b‐dimethylsiloxane).

imageA scanning electron micrograph of the end‐on view of crosslinked degraded poly(isoprene‐b‐dimethylsiloxane).