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Emulsion Templating: Comparison
Please note this is a comparison between Version 1 by Jack Zhong and Version 2 by Jack Zhong.

Emulsion templating is a fabrication route in which the dispersed droplets of an emulsion define the voids of a porous solid after the continuous phase is consolidated and the droplets are removed [1]. In the most common variant the continuous phase is a monomer mixture that is polymerised around a high-internal-phase emulsion, giving a porous polymer whose void fraction mirrors the droplet volume fraction [2]. Pore diameter follows droplet size, and interconnecting windows arise where adjacent droplets touch and the film between them ruptures during polymerisation or drying [3]. It is distinguished from porogen leaching by the fluid, deformable character of the template, which allows void fractions above three-quarters without collapse of the framework [1].

  • high internal phase emulsion
  • macroporous polymer
  • droplet templating
  • interconnected pore
  • void fraction

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References

  1. Zhang, T.; Sanguramath, R.A.; Israel, S.; Silverstein, M.S. Emulsion Templating: Porous Polymers and Beyond. Macromolecules 2019, 52, 5445-5479. [CrossRef]
  2. Cameron, N.R. High internal phase emulsion templating as a route to well-defined porous polymers. Polymer 2005, 46, 1439-1449. [CrossRef]
  3. Imhof, A.; Pine, D.J. Ordered macroporous materials by emulsion templating. Nature 1997, 389, 948-951. [CrossRef]
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