Nanocellular Structures in Block Copolymers with CO2-philic Blocks Using CO2 as a Blowing Agent: Crossover from Micro- to Nanocellular Structures with Depressurization Temperature
Nanocellular Structures in Block Copolymers with CO2-philic Blocks Using CO2 as a Blowing Agent: Crossover from Micro- to Nanocellular Structures with Depressurization Temperature
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10.1021/ma051757j
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发表时间:
2005-11
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5.5
通讯作者:
Hideaki Yokoyama;K. Sugiyama
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作者:
Hideaki Yokoyama;K. Sugiyama
Uniform nanocellular structures are successfully formed within the spherical nanodomains of CO2-philic fluorinated blocks in Poly[styrene-block-4-(perfluorooctylpropyloxy)styrene] (PS−PFS) and Poly[styrene-block-perfluorooctylethyl methacrylate] (PS−PFMA) monoliths using supercritical (SC) carbon dioxide (CO2). The nanocells have a very small surface area, indicative of the closed cell structure. Temperature of depressurization (Td) is the key to the uniform nanocellular formation in the CO2-philic block nanodomains: Td must be well below the glass transition temperature (Tg) of the skeleton PS domains in the presence of CO2. As Td is raised and approaches Tg, the nanocellular structure crosses over to the microcellular structure on the order of micrometers, which is the typical cell structure formed via the conventional foaming mechanism. Two independent cell formation mechanisms coexist when Td is in the vicinity of Tg. The nanocells have upper limit diameter of ca. 40 nm, which is apparently determine...