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Contents Vol 69(10)

Highly Ordered Honeycomb Film Formation of Linear Polymers by the Breath Figure Technique

Paul A. Gurr A C , Zhou Zhang A B C , Xiaojuan Hao B , Timothy C. Hughes B D and Greg G. Qiao A D
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A Polymer Science Group (PSG), Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Vic. 3010, Australia.

B Manufacturing, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Clayton, Vic. 3168, Australia.

C P.A. Gurr and Z. Zhang are equally first authors.

D Corresponding authors. Email: gregghq@unimelb.edu.au; Tim.Hughes@csiro.au

Australian Journal of Chemistry 69(10) 1130-1139 https://doi.org/10.1071/CH16119
Submitted: 26 February 2016  Accepted: 25 March 2016   Published: 20 May 2016

Abstract

Highly ordered, porous honeycomb (HC) films were prepared by the breath figure technique from linear polymers poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) and polystyrene (PS). Typically HC films are difficult to form from such simple linear polymers. The addition of a novel fluorinated polymer (FP) additive with as little as 1 wt-% to PMMA or 5 wt-% to PS was required to obtain regular porous HC films. Through investigation of the influence of the additive on the polymer properties, three parameters based on interfacial tension, polymer solution viscosity, and polymer solidification rate were identified as key factors affecting the ability of polymer systems to form regular porous HC films. A new hypothesis was subsequently developed based on the relationships of these parameters to explain the unusual behaviour associated with HC film formation from linear PMMA and PS with addition of FP additive. This work will provide a new tool to guide the formation of HC films and will greatly broaden the range of polymers used to form HC films in the future.


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