Meng, Z;
Casanova, S;
Mohamed, H;
Kapil, N;
Xiao, X;
Zhang, Y;
Coppens, MO;
(2020)
Polymer nanotube membranes synthesized via liquid deposition in anodic alumina.
Colloids and Interface Science Communications
, 39
, Article 100334. 10.1016/j.colcom.2020.100334.
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Abstract
Self-standing polystyrene nanotube (PNT) membranes have been fabricated from liquid deposition in the pores of anodic alumina. PNTs were deposited using 3 wt% concentration of 90 kDa polystyrene in the starting solution, followed by 2 h annealing in Argon. Initial polymer concentration, polymer molecular weight and annealing time were varied, and their impact on water flow through the nanotubes assessed. These results open the way to creating PNT membranes with well-defined pores of low tortuosity and tuneable surface properties, overcoming the limits of current polymeric membranes, whose internal transport pathway cannot be controlled or defined as well as for the case of the PNTs presented here.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Polymer nanotube membranes synthesized via liquid deposition in anodic alumina |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.colcom.2020.100334 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.colcom.2020.100334 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > Dept of Chemical Engineering |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10115988 |
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