Porous copolymer resins: Tuning pore structure and surface area with non reactive porogens

Nanomaterials

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 163-186

  Mohamed, Mohamed H ^a   Wilson, Lee D ^b  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Porogen; Porosity; Porous copolymer resins; Surface area; Suspension polymerization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904510595     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20794991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/nano2020163     Document Type: Review

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