Journal
POLYMER
Volume 55, Issue 17, Pages 4420-4424Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2014.07.007
Keywords
polyHIPEs; Methyl methacrylate; Porous polymers
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- European Regional Development Fund
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Highly porous monoliths with excellent mechanical properties and porosity of up to 90% were prepared by the polymerisation of high internal phase emulsions (HIPE) containing methyl methacrylate (MMA) and ethylene glycol dimethacrylate (EGDMA). Materials with open cellular morphology and cavity diameters between 0.6 and 4.5 mu m are obtained using a homogenizer and between 0.8 and 25 mu m using a standard overhead stirrer. Samples with 80% pore volume have E-moduli up to 180 MPa, while 75% porous samples exhibit E-moduli up to 211 MPa. A dependence of mechanical properties on cavity size distribution is identified, where a more hierarchically developed porous structure results in significantly better mechanical properties. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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