@article{ff3045f7ea5747838386f2643f0f1232,
title = "Self-assembly in casting solutions of block copolymer membranes",
abstract = "Membranes with exceptional pore regularity and high porosity were obtained from block copolymer solutions. We demonstrate by small-angle X-ray scattering that the order which gives rise to the pore morphology is already incipient in the casting solution. Hexagonal order was confirmed in PS-b-P4VP 175k-b-65k solutions in DMF/THF/dioxane with concentrations as high as 24 wt%, while lamellar structures were obtained in more concentrated solutions in DMF or DMF/dioxane. The change in order has been understood with the support of dissipative particle dynamic modeling. {\textcopyright} 2013 The Royal Society of Chemistry.",
author = "Marques, {Debora S.} and Ulla Vainio and {Moreno Chaparro}, Nicolas and Calo, {Victor M.} and Bezahd, {Ali Reza} and Pitera, {Jed W.} and Klaus-Viktor Peinemann and Nunes, {Suzana Pereira}",
note = "KAUST Repository Item: Exported on 2020-10-01 Acknowledgements: We thank the German Synchrotron (DESY) for the beam time. The work was supported by the KAUST Geometric Modeling and Scientific Visualization Collaborative Award, {"}Visualization and Pore Tuning of Asymmetric Membranes{"} and KAUST-IBM Program {"}Simulation of pore formation in membranes by self-assembly{"}. We also thank N. Pradeep and M. Karunakaran for their previous work on this topic and help in the initial stage of membrane preparation.",
year = "2013",
doi = "10.1039/c3sm27475f",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "9",
pages = "5557",
journal = "Soft Matter",
issn = "1744-683X",
publisher = "Royal Society of Chemistry",
number = "23",
}