FINE CONTROL OF THE POROUS STRUCTURE AND CHROMATOGRAPHIC PROPERTIES OF MONODISPERSE MACROPOROUS POLY(STYRENE-CODIVINYLBENZENE) BEADS PREPARED USING POLYMER POROGENS
Qc. Wang et al., FINE CONTROL OF THE POROUS STRUCTURE AND CHROMATOGRAPHIC PROPERTIES OF MONODISPERSE MACROPOROUS POLY(STYRENE-CODIVINYLBENZENE) BEADS PREPARED USING POLYMER POROGENS, Journal of polymer science. Part A, Polymer chemistry, 32(13), 1994, pp. 2577-2588
The porous structure of monodisperse macroporous beads can be controll
ed by using soluble polymers with well-defined structural characterist
ics as part of the porogenic mixture. In general, the use of linear po
lystyrene as a porogen in the preparation of poly(styrene-codivinylben
zene) beads shifts the pore size distribution towards larger pores. Wh
ile a direct correlation between pore size and molecular weight of the
porogen has been established the chemical composition of the polymer
porogen has no effect on the porous and chromatographic properties of
the beads. These findings suggest that the average molar volume of the
porogenic system is important while the miscibility of the polymer po
rogen with the crosslinked polymer that is formed is of little relevan
ce. (C) 1994 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.