ORGANIC MICROPOROUS MATERIALS MADE BY BICONTINUOUS MICROEMULSION POLYMERIZATION

Microporous solids made by polymerizing the organic phase of bicontinu ous microemulsions stabilized with didodecyldimethylammonium bromide s how surface areas as high as 70 m(2)/g. Small-angle X-ray scattering m easurements on microporous copolymers containing polymethylmethacrylat e show that these areas result from structures larger than 250 Angstro m that are generated during polymerisation. These X-rays measurements also show that the 17-Angstrom structures characteristics of the origi nal microemulsion are retained during polymerization, but destroyed wh en the detergent is extracted and the solid is dried.