Macroporous polymer thin film prepared from temporarily stabilized water-in-oil emulsion

作者:Ham Hyeong Taek; Chung In Jae*; Choi Yeong Suk; Lee Sun Hwa; Kim Sang Ouk
来源:Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2006, 110(28): 13959-13964.
DOI:10.1021/jp0616361

摘要

We report a simple and convenient method for fabricating ordered porous structure in a polymeric thin film. A temporarily stabilized water-in-oil emulsion, where aqueous droplets were dispersed in the medium of polymer-organic solvent solution, was utilized for the preparation of porous structure. The water-in-oil emulsion was simply prepared by sonicating the mixture of water and polymer-organic solvent solution without any colloid stabilizer. The growth of aqueous droplets was profoundly retarded by dissolving a small amount of sucrose, selectively soluble in the dispersed phase. The prepared emulsion was recovered onto a substrate through dip-coating and subsequently air-dried to get a well-ordered porous polymer film. The polymer content in the polymer solution phase and the compositional ratio of the aqueous phase to the polymer solution phase was optimized to fabricate well-ordered structures.

  • 出版日期2006-7-20