Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for forming pores having controlled shape, dimension, and distribution in a polymer matrix. SOLUTION: The method for forming pores in a polymer matrix includes a step of embedding silicon nanowires and/or nanotrees in a nonpolymerized polymer matrix or a nonpolymerized polymer matrix in suspension or in solution in at least one solvent, a step of curing the polymer matrix, and a step of removing the silicon nanowires and/or nanotrees by chemical treatment. This method can be used for manufacturing a proton exchange membrane fuel cell active layer. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
To provide a porous polyimide resin film having a high aperture ratio. A method for producing a porous polyimide film comprising removing fine particles from a polyimide resin-fine particle composite film to thereby obtain a porous polyimide resin film, in which the method comprises either removing at least a part of a polyimide resin portion of the polyimide resin-fine particle composite film prior to removing the fine particles, or removing at least a part of the porous polyimide resin film subsequent to removing the fine particles.
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.