Highly permeable macroporous polymers via controlled agitation of emulsion templates

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 137, Issue , 2015, Pages 786-795

  Tebboth, Michael ^a   Kogelbauer, Andreas ^a   Bismarck, Alexander ^a,b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Agitation; Emulsion template polymer; High internal phase emulsion (HIPE); Macroprous polymers; Permeability

Indexed keywords

DROPS; EMULSIFICATION; GAS PERMEABILITY; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; OSTWALD RIPENING; POLYMERIZATION; PORE SIZE;

AGITATION; EMULSION TEMPLATE; HIGH INTERNAL PHASE EMULSIONS; INTERNAL PHASE; MACROPOROUS POLYMERS; MEAN PORE SIZE; PORE-THROAT SIZE; SURFACTANT-STABILIZED;

POLYMERS;

EID: 84938640700     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2015.06.047     Document Type: Article

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