Issue 82, 2014

Banded spherulite templated three-dimensional interpenetrated nanoporous materials

Abstract

A “banded spherulite templated” strategy has been developed to fabricate 3-D interpenetrated nanoporous polymeric materials. Poly(oxymethylene) (POM) crystallizes into large banded spherulites with incorporation of poly(L-lactic acid) (PLLA) at high temperature. The amorphous PLLA components are simultaneously expelled out from the twisted POM crystal lamellae during the crystallization of the POM components. Therefore, a fully co-continuous phase structure is formed with the interpenetration of POM twisted lamellae and the amorphous PLLA phase. The nanoporous POM materials with high porosity and large specific surface area were successfully obtained after extracting the PLLA phase between the twisted POM lamellae. The 3-D interconnected nanoporous POM films obtained using this strategy could be used in various applications. Moreover, such a strategy should also be applicable to other polymer blend systems and it provides a new route for fabricating nanoporous polymeric materials.

Graphical abstract: Banded spherulite templated three-dimensional interpenetrated nanoporous materials

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
10 Jul 2014
Accepted
04 Sep 2014
First published
04 Sep 2014

RSC Adv., 2014,4, 43351-43356

Author version available

Banded spherulite templated three-dimensional interpenetrated nanoporous materials

L. Ye, J. Qiu, T. Wu, X. Shi and Y. Li, RSC Adv., 2014, 4, 43351 DOI: 10.1039/C4RA06943A

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