Nature Communications (Jan 2021)

3D printing of inherently nanoporous polymers via polymerization-induced phase separation

  • Zheqin Dong,
  • Haijun Cui,
  • Haodong Zhang,
  • Fei Wang,
  • Xiang Zhan,
  • Frederik Mayer,
  • Britta Nestler,
  • Martin Wegener,
  • Pavel A. Levkin

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-20498-1
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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3D printing offers flexibility in fabrication of polymer objects but fabrication of large polymer structures with micrometer-sized geometrical features are challenging. Here, the authors introduce a method combining advantages of 3D printing and polymerization-induced phase separation, which enables formation of 3D polymer structures with controllable inherent porosity.