Abstract:
Pellets or granules comprise polymeric material, for example polyetheretherketone and a fugitive material, for example sodium chloride. The granules may be used in injection moulding to produce shapes for use in medical implants and may conveniently be used to form parts which are partially porous, or to prepare porous films.
Abstract:
A process for producing a porous film containing a liquid crystal polyester comprising the following steps (a), (b) and (c) in this order: (a) dispersing 1 to 1,500 parts by weight of a filler, based on 100 parts by weight of a liquid crystal polyester, in a solution in which 100 parts by weight of the liquid crystal polyester is dissolved in a solvent to produce a slurry coating liquid; (b) coating the coating liquid on at least one side of a substrate to form a coating film; and (c) removing the solvent from the coating film, immersing the film in a solvent which does not dissolve the liquid crystal polyester, and drying the film to form a porous film containing a liquid crystal polyester.
Abstract:
The invention provides a particulate material comprising porous polymeric microparticles having a mesoporous structure. A process for making the particles is also presented. The process comprises impregnating a porous microparticulate template material with a liquid comprising one or more monomers. The one or more monomers are then polymerised in and/or on the template material to form a polymer, and the template material is then removed to produce the particulate material.
Abstract:
A porous, molecularly imprinted polymer and a process for its preparation are described. The porous, molecularly imprinted polymer is characterised in that it is obtainable by providing a porous silica; attaching a molecular template to the surface of the porous silica; filling the pores of the porous silica with a polymer; removing the silica and the molecular template, thereby leaving a porous, molecularly imprinted polymer. The process is characterised by the above defined process steps. Also described are a porous polymer vesicle and its preparation with the same features as defined for the porous, molecularly imprinted polymer and its preparation, except for the lack of the molecular template and thus the lack of the molecular imprint in the porous polymer.
Abstract:
A method of making a silicone rubber having a structure adapted for growth of cells or living tissue, which comprises contacting a silicone rubber precursor with a biologically-acceptable sacrificial filler, curing the resultant mixture and removing the sacrificial filler to form a structured silicone rubber. The sacrificial filler is preferably an inorganic salt that has been ground, and the salt is selected from metal halides, metal carbonates and metal bicarbonates.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a porous membrane made of a particular fluorine resin, having excellent chemical resistance, excellent thermal resistance, excellent filtration performance and excellent mechanical properties, and having uniform porous structure comprising minute pores, and also relates to a process for preparing the same. In particular, the invention relates to a porous membrane suited for a microfilter having excellent thermal resistance and excellent filtration performance, especially a porous membrane suited for a microfilter for use in purification of chemicals such as strong acid and strong alkali by utilizing the excellent chemical resistance, and also a process for preparing the same.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a porous membrane made of a particular fluorine resin, having excellent chemical resistance, excellent thermal resistance, excellent filtration performance and excellent mechanical properties, and having uniform porous structure comprising minute pores, and also relates to a process for preparing the same. In particular, the invention relates to a porous membrane suited for a microfilter having excellent thermal resistance and excellent filtration performance, especially a porous membrane suited for a microfilter for use in purification of chemicals such as strong acid and strong alkali by utilizing the excellent chemical resistance, and also a process for preparing the same.
Abstract:
The invention relates to porous a hydrogel matrix having substantially interconnected tunnel-shaped micropores with a three-dimensional configuration of an interconnected hollow tetrapod network. Such matrices may be used to entrap motile cells that migrate into the micropores of said matrix. The matrices of the invention are formed by a method comprising the steps of providing a solution of a hydrogel-forming material, providing a template material with a three-dimensional configuration corresponding to the negative configuration of the desired interconnected porous structure of the hydrogel material, said template material comprising interconnected zinc oxide tetrapod (t-ZnO) networks, casting the solution of hydrogel-forming material onto the template and removing the template material from the hydrogel material by acid hydrolysis of the template material.
Abstract:
L'invention concerne un procédé de formation de pores de forme, dimensions et répartition contrôlées dans une matrice polymère comprenant une étape d'enrobage de nanofils et/ou de nanoarbres de silicium dans une matrice polymère non polymérisée ou en suspension ou en solution dans au moins un solvant, un étape de durcissement de la matrice polymère, et une étape d'élimination des nanofils et/ou des nanoarbres de silicium par traitement chimique. Le procédé de l'invention peut être utilisé pour la fabrication d'une couche active de pile à combustible à membrane échangeuse de protons. L'invention trouve application dans le domaine de la fabrication de pile à combustible à membrane échangeuse de protons, en particulier.