Microporous Films from Diblock Copolymer Micelles Based on Solvent-Induced Mechanism by Temperature Control of Casting Solution

Design and Preparation of Porous Polymers

“…Furthermore, according to the IUPAC recommendation, we define microporous polymers as polymeric materials with pore size smaller than 2 nm in diameter, mesoporous polymers with pore size in the range of 2–50 nm, and macroporous polymers with pore size larger than 50 nm. Such a definition is necessary because sometimes polymers with pores in the micrometer scale are also called microporous polymers. − There are several important structural characteristics of porous polymers that should be described, including pore geometry, pore size, pore surface functionality, and polymeric framework structure including composition, topology, and functionality − (Figure ). Pore geometry includes spherical, tubular, and network-type morphologies that can be either disordered or assembled into ordered arrays.…”

Emulsion‐Induced Ordered Microporous Films Based on Micelles of Amphiphilic Poly(ethylene oxide)‐block‐Poly(methyl methacrylate) Diblock Copolymers

“…Cheng et al8 have reported the fabrication of honeycomb‐patterned films from the amphiphilic dendronized block copolymers by on‐solid surface spreading method and on‐water spreading method based on self‐organization of water droplets. More recently, we have provided a new route to construct the ordered microporous films based on Θ‐solvent‐induced mechanism using core‐shell nanospheres9 and diblock copolymers 10. According to our results, core‐shell nanospheres or core‐corona micelles (formed by diblock copolymers) formed a body‐centered cubic (bcc) lattice near the overlap threshold ( C *) by temperature control of the casting solvent.…”

Emulsion‐induced ordered microporous films using amphiphilic poly(ethylene oxide)‐block‐poly(n‐butyl isocyanate) block copolymers

“…More recently, we have provided a new route to construct the ordered microporous films based on Θ solvent‐induced mechanism using core‐shell nanospheres9 and diblock copolymers 10. According to our results, core‐shell nanospheres or core‐corona micelles (formed by diblock copolymers) formed the lattice of body‐centered cubic (bcc) structure near the overlap threshold ( C *) by temperature control of casting solvent.…”