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Article
Mesoporous Polymeric Materials Tailored from Oligoester-Derivatized Interpenetrating Polymer Networks
Article first published online: 11 JUL 2008
DOI: 10.1002/masy.200850704
Copyright © 2008 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim
Issue
Macromolecular Symposia
Special Issue: Nanostructured Polymers and Polymer Nanocomposites
Volume 267, Issue 1, pages 21–26, June 2008
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How to Cite
Rohman, G. and Grande, D. (2008), Mesoporous Polymeric Materials Tailored from Oligoester-Derivatized Interpenetrating Polymer Networks. Macromol. Symp., 267: 21–26. doi: 10.1002/masy.200850704
Publication History
- Issue published online: 11 JUL 2008
- Article first published online: 11 JUL 2008
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Keywords:
- crosslinking;
- degradation;
- hydrolyzable polyesters;
- interpenetrating polymer networks (IPNs);
- (meso)porous polymers
Abstract
The utilization of semi-hydrolyzable oligoester-derivatized Interpenetrating Polymer Networks (IPNs) as nanostructured precursors provides a straightforward and effective route to novel (meso)porous networks. In a first stage, different types of poly(D,L-lactide)/poly(methyl methacrylate)-based IPNs were synthesized by resorting to the so-called in situ sequential method. In a second stage, the quantitative hydrolysis of the polyester sub-network afforded porous structures with pore sizes ranging from 10 to 100 nm. The potentialities offered by this versatile approach were discussed, and the porosity of the resulting methacrylic networks was examined by Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) and thermoporometry using Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC).