Paper Title:

The Preparation of Pore-Size Controlled Mesoporous Silicas by Biodegradable Diblock Copolymers

Periodical Key Engineering Materials (Volume 287)
Main Theme Advanced Si-Based Ceramics and Composites
Edited by Hai-Doo Kim, Hua-Tay Lin and Michael J. Hoffmann
Pages 141-145
DOI 10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.287.141
Citation Jeong Ho Chang et al., 2005, Key Engineering Materials, 287, 141
Online since June, 2005
Authors Jeong Ho Chang, Kyung Ja Kim, Young Kook Shin
Keywords Block-Copolymer, Micelle, Nanocomposite, Polymer, Ring-Opening Polymerization, Self-Assembly, Solid-State Structures, Template
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Abstract

Selected MPEG-b-PDLLA block copolymers have been synthesized by ring-opening polymerization with systematic variation of the chain lengths of the resident hydrophilic and hydrophobic blocks. The size and shape of the micelles that spontaneously form in solution are then controlled by the characteristics of the block copolymer template. All the materials prepared in this study showed the tunable pore size of 20-80Å with the increase of hydrophobic chain lengths and up to 660m2/g of specific surface area. The formation mechanism of these nanoporous structures obtained by controlling the micelle size has been confirmed using both liquid and solid state 13C and 29Si NMR techniques. This work verifies the formation mechanism of nanoporous structures in which the pore size and wall thickness are closely dependent on the size of hydrophobic cores and hydrophilic shells of the block copolymer templates.