Generation of silicone poly-HIPES with controlled pore sizes via reactive emulsion stabilization

Anaïs Giustiniani; Philippe Guégan; Manon Marchand; Christophe Poulard; Wiebke Drenckhan

doi:10.1002/marc.201600281

Generation of silicone poly-HIPES with controlled pore sizes via reactive emulsion stabilization

Soft Condensed Matter 2016-10-21 v1

Authors: Anaïs Giustiniani , Philippe Guégan , Manon Marchand , Christophe Poulard , Wiebke Drenckhan

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Abstract

Macrocellular silicone polymers are obtained after solidification of the continuous phase of a PDMS (polydimethylsiloxane) emulsion, which contains PEG (polyethylene glycol) drops of sub-millimetric dimensions. Coalescence of the liquid template emulsion is prohibited by a reactive blending approach. We investigate in detail the relationship between the interfacial properties and the emulsion stability, and we use micro- and millifluidic techniques to generation macro-cellular polymers with controlled structural properties over a wider range of cell-sizes (0.2-2mm) and volume fractions of the continuous phase (0.1-40%). This approach could easily be transferred to a wide range of polymeric systems.

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silicone poly-HIPEs controlled pore sizes reactive emulsion stabilization PDMS PEG microfluidics macrocellular polymers

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@article{arxiv.1610.06327,
  title  = {Generation of silicone poly-HIPES with controlled pore sizes via reactive emulsion stabilization},
  author = {Anaïs Giustiniani and Philippe Guégan and Manon Marchand and Christophe Poulard and Wiebke Drenckhan},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1610.06327},
  year   = {2016}
}

Generation of silicone poly-HIPES with controlled pore sizes via reactive emulsion stabilization

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