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ArticleMembranes2020

Facilitated Structure Formation in Isoporous Block Copolymer Membranes upon Controlled Evaporation by Gas Flow.

Kirti Sankhala, Joachim Koll, Volker Abetz

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Article in Membranes, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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  1. Stimuli-Responsive Colloidal Gate for Active Modulation of Fluid Flow in Packed Beds.Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids · 2025
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  3. Free Standing Dry and Stable Nanoporous Polymer Films Made through Mechanical Deformation.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2023
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3 authors.

Kirti SankhalaHelmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht, Institute of Polymer Research, Max-Planck-Strasse 1, 21502 Geesthacht, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-8959-2150
Joachim KollHelmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht, Institute of Polymer Research, Max-Planck-Strasse 1, 21502 Geesthacht, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-1407-4759
Volker AbetzHelmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht, Institute of Polymer Research, Max-Planck-Strasse 1, 21502 Geesthacht, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-4840-6611

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The conventional fabrication of isoporous membranes via the evaporation-induced self-assembly of block copolymers in combination with non-solvent induced phase separation (SNIPS) is achieved under certain environmental conditions. In this study, we report a modification in the conventional fabrication process of (isoporous) flat sheet membranes in which the self-assembly of block copolymers is achieved by providing controlled evaporation conditions using gas flow and the process is introduced as gSNIPS. This fabrication approach can not only trigger and control the microphase separation but also provides isoporous structure formation in a much broader range of solution concentrations and casting parameters, as compared to fabrication under ambient, uncontrolled conditions. We systematically investigated the structure formation of the fabrication of integral asymmetric isoporous membranes by gSNIPS. A quantitative correlation between the evaporation conditions (causing solvent evaporation and temperature drop) and the self-assembly of block copolymers beginning from the top layer up to a certain depth, orientation of pores in the top layer and the substructure morphology has been discussed empirically.

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evaporation-induced self-assemblygas flowgSNIPSisoporous membranesmicrophase separationPS-b-P4VP diblock copolymerSNIPS

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PMID32353997
PMCPMC7281245

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