Abstract:
The invention relates to a process for the preparation of porous polyolefin particles, which process comprises the following steps: 1) dissolution of at least one crystallizable polyolefin in a solvent, which results in a solution being formed which comprises 0.1-50 wt.% polyolefin, and the initial polyolefin solution formed containing between 5 ppm and 20 wt.% of nucleating agent; 2) dispersion of the resulting polyolefin solution in a non-solvent, at a temperature that is higher than the crystallization temperature of the polyolefin in the polyolefin solution, upon which a multiphase system is formed; 3) cooling of the multiphase system, with simultaneous stirring, the cooling rate being between 0.05 and 10 DEG C/min, down to a temperature which is below the crystallization temperature of the polyolefin in the polyolefin solution, so that strong, polyolefin-containing particles are formed; 4) separation of the polyolefin-containing particles from the liquid(s); 5) drying of the polyolefin-containing particles at a temperature that is below the crystallization temperature of the polyolefin in the initial polyolefin solution.
Abstract:
A process is proposed for the manufacture of microporous polyolefine strips or films. The process involves mixing a polyolefine of high molecular weight, an inert hydrophilic filler preferably in the form of finely divided silicic acid and a plasticizer in the form of a mineral oil; plastifying the mixture; forming strips therefrom and extracting the plasticizer. The process is characterized by the fact that the strips are treated with hot water, preferably by being drawn over the surface of a hot water bath, the extraction being effected with the aid of an extraction agent which, in the known way, contains or consists of at least one glycol ether, in particular a butyl glycol.
Abstract:
This invention relates to asymmetric membranes of polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) and to methods of preparing them. Such membranes are useful as separation and ultrafiltration membranes.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a process for preparing a microporous membrane from an unsulfonated poly(phenylene sulfide) polymer by forming a mixture of an unsulfonated poly(phenylene sulfide) polymer, an amorphous polymer, and optionally a plasticizer, heating the resulting mixture, extruding or optionally casting the mixture into a membrane, controlled cooling (quenching) or coagulating the membrane, and leaching the membrane, while optionally drawing the membrane before, during, and/or after leaching.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a microporous material or a membrane in which the membrane includes an azlactone moiety which is blended with or grafted to a thermoplastic polymer to provide a porous material having an internal structure characterized by a multiplicity of spaced, randomly disposed, non-uniform shaped, equiaxed particles of the polyazlactone polymer/thermoplastic polymer blends or the azlactone-graft copolymer. Each of the adjacent particles throughout the material are separated from one another to provide said material with a network of interconnected micropores and each of the particles are connected to each other by a plurality of fibrils. In addition to unmodified azlactone membranes, membranes which have been modified by subsequent reaction of the azlactone moiety with a suitable nucleophile are also included within the scope of the present invention. Preferred nucleophiles capable of reacting with an azlactone membrane of this invention include biologically significant nucleophiles such as amines, thiols and alcohols as well as amino acids, nucleic acids and proteins.
Abstract:
Microporous membranes and methods for producing such membranes from ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene. The method employs extrusion of a solution of UHMW-PE and porogen through a forming die followed by thermal phase separation of polymer and porogen. Microporous structures are created by removing porogen. Microporous membranes produced include membranes with good permeability to air and water making them particularly useful as filtration media and water-resistant breathable membranes.
Abstract:
Described herein are polymer complexes, including polymer gels and polymer foams, containing electrically conductive polymers and ionic liquids. The polymer complexes described herein are useful as components of electronic devices.
Abstract:
The present invention features a method for the formation of superporous hydrogels using an ion-equilibration technique. Anionic polysaccharides are included in the hydrogel reaction mixture and cations are introduced either during or after hydrogel formation. Properties of the resulting hydrogel can be subsequently adjusted by treating the cation complexed gel with a different cation or cation mixture under equilibrating conditions. It has been found that by properly adjusting the cations and the sequence in which they are used in the equilibration process, superporous hydrogels can be formed that are highly absorbent while maintaining favorable structural properties, including strength, ruggedness, and resiliency. It has also been found that applying appropriate dehydration conditions to them after their formation can further stabilize the superporous hydrogels formed by the method of the invention.
Abstract:
A process for producing fine porous polyimide particles which comprises: dissolving a polyamic acid containing 0.5 to 80 wt.% alkali metal salt in a good solvent for polyamic acids in a concentration of 0.1 to 15 wt.%; adding the resultant polymer solution to a poor solvent selected from an aliphatic solvent, alicyclic solvent, aromatic solvent, CS2, and mixture of two or more thereof and regulated so as to have a temperature of -20 to 60°C; controlling the temperature of the poor solvent to form fine porous polyamic acid particles which have a particle diameter of 50 to 10,000 nm and have been regulated so as to have a pore diameter of 20 to 500 nm and a porosity of 0.1 to 30% by changing the content or kind of the alkali metal salt; and then subjecting the particles to chemical imidization or thermal imidization or to chemical imidization and subsequent thermal imidization. The fine porous polyimide particles thus produced retain the pore diameter and porosity.