Abstract:
The objective of the present invention is to provide a porous ultra-thin polymer film, and a method for producing said porous ultra-thin polymer film. The present invention provides a porous ultra-thin polymer film with a film thickness of 10 nm-1000 nm. In addition, the present invention provides a method for producing a porous ultra-thin polymer film, comprising the steps of: dissolving two types of mutually-immiscible polymers in a first solvent in an arbitrary proportion to obtain a solution; applying the solution onto a substrate and then removing the first solvent from the solution applied onto the substrate to obtain a phase-separated ultra-thin polymer film that has been phase-separated into a sea-island structure; and immersing the ultra-thin polymer film in a second solvent which is a good solvent for the polymer of the island parts but a poor solvent for a polymer other than the island parts to remove the island parts, thereby obtaining a porous ultra-thin polymer film.
Abstract:
A polymethaphenylene isophthalamide based polymer porous film having excellent gas permeability and resistance to heat, and a satisfactory pore structure, which may be produced by a method comprising casting a dope of polymethaphenylene isophthalamide onto a support and coagulating it in a coagulation bath. The porous film may contain an inorganic whisker and may form a composite porous film together with another thermoplastic polymer film.
Abstract:
A polymetaphenylene isophthalamide-based polymer porous film having a satisfactory porous structure that exhibits excellent gas permeability and heat resistance. It is produced by a process which comprises casting a dope of the polymetaphenylene isophthalamide-based polymer and coagulating it in a coagulating bath. The porous film may also contain inorganic whiskers, and a composite porous film may be formed in combination with a separate thermoplastic polymer film.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a process for preparing porous polyolefin particles. The process according to the invention is characterized in that it comprises the following steps: 1) dissolving at least one crystallizable polyolefin in a solvent, in the absence of a nucleating agent; 2) dispersing the polyolefin solution obtained in a non-solvent in the presence of a surfactant, at a temperature that is higher than the crystallization temperature of the polyolefin in the polyolefin solution; 3) cooling the multi-phase system obtained with stirring, at a rate of between 0.05 and 10 °C/min to a temperature that lies below the crystallization temperature of the polymer in the polymer solution, so that firm polyolefin particles are formed; 4) separating the polyolefin particles; 5) drying the polyolefin particles. The invention also relates to a porous polyolefin particle with a high effective loadability and a narrow particle size distribution.
Abstract:
Porous, distensible, gel-like membranes which in tubular form are suitable as implants, e.g., vascular prostheses and a process for the preparation thereof is described. The membranes are formed by a spraying, phase-inversion technique which employs thermodynamically unstable polymer solutions and is accomplished by separately spraying the unstable solution and a nonsolvent onto a rotating surface. Prostheses from the highly porous tubular membranes have shown a high degree of patency and completeness of the healing process and are useful for direct implantation in the body or for extracorporeal vascular accesses.