TY - JOUR
T1 - From micelle supramolecular assemblies in selective solvents to isoporous membranes
AU - Nunes, Suzana Pereira
AU - Karunakaran, Madhavan
AU - Neelakanda, Pradeep
AU - Behzad, Ali Reza
AU - Hooghan, Bobby
AU - Sougrat, Rachid
AU - He, Haoze
AU - Peinemann, Klaus-Viktor
N1 - KAUST Repository Item: Exported on 2020-10-01
PY - 2011/8/16
Y1 - 2011/8/16
N2 - The supramolecular assembly of PS-b-P4VP copolymer micelles induced by selective solvent mixtures was used to manufacture isoporous membranes. Micelle order in solution was confirmed by cryo-scanning electron microscopy in casting solutions, leading to ordered pore morphology. When dioxane, a solvent that interacts poorly with the micelle corona, was added to the solution, polymer-polymer segment contact was preferential, increasing the intermicelle contact. Immersion in water gave rise to asymmetric porous membranes with exceptional pore uniformity and high porosity. The introduction of a small number of carbon nanotubes to the casting solution improved the membrane stability and the reversibility of the gate response in the presence of different pH values. © 2011 American Chemical Society.
AB - The supramolecular assembly of PS-b-P4VP copolymer micelles induced by selective solvent mixtures was used to manufacture isoporous membranes. Micelle order in solution was confirmed by cryo-scanning electron microscopy in casting solutions, leading to ordered pore morphology. When dioxane, a solvent that interacts poorly with the micelle corona, was added to the solution, polymer-polymer segment contact was preferential, increasing the intermicelle contact. Immersion in water gave rise to asymmetric porous membranes with exceptional pore uniformity and high porosity. The introduction of a small number of carbon nanotubes to the casting solution improved the membrane stability and the reversibility of the gate response in the presence of different pH values. © 2011 American Chemical Society.
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10754/561842
UR - https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/la201439p
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=80051529616&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1021/la201439p
DO - 10.1021/la201439p
M3 - Article
C2 - 21710987
SN - 0743-7463
VL - 27
SP - 10184
EP - 10190
JO - Langmuir
JF - Langmuir
IS - 16
ER -