Tuning structure and properties of graded triblock terpolymer-based mesoporous and hybrid films

Nano Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 2892-2900

  Phillip, William A ^a,d   Mika Dorin, Rachel ^b   Werner, Jörg ^b,e   Hoek, Eric M V ^c   Wiesner, Ulrich ^b   Elimelech, Menachem ^a  

^a Yale University   (United States)

^b School of Chemical and Molecular Engineering   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d University of Notre Dame   (United States)

^e JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

filtration; membranes; mesoporous; polyisoprene b polystyrene b poly 4 vinyl pyridine; self assembly; Triblock terpolymer

Indexed keywords

A-DENSITY; DIBLOCK COPOLYMER SYSTEMS; FILM STRUCTURE; GRADED STRUCTURE; HYBRID FILM; MACROPOROUS; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR; MECHANICAL INTEGRITY; MESO-PORES; MESOPOROUS; MESOPOROUS FILMS; MONODISPERSE; MULTIBLOCK POLYMERS; PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS; POLYISOPRENE-B- POLYSTYRENE-B-POLY-4-VINYL PYRIDINE; PORE DIMENSIONS; SELECTIVE LAYERS; SOLVENT FLOW; STIMULI-RESPONSIVE; STRUCTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; TERPOLYMER FILMS; TRIBLOCK TERPOLYMERS; TRIBLOCKS; TUNING STRUCTURE; VERTICALLY ALIGNED;

BLENDING; BLOCK COPOLYMERS; COPOLYMERIZATION; DRUG DELIVERY; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MICROFILTRATION; POLYSTYRENES; STYRENE;

MESOPOROUS MATERIALS;

POLYSTYRENE DERIVATIVE; POLYVINYL DERIVATIVE; PYRIDINE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; POROSITY; SURFACE PROPERTY;

MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYSTYRENES; POLYVINYLS; POROSITY; PYRIDINES; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 79960247227     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: 15306992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl2013554     Document Type: Article

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