Ai. Cooper et Ab. Holmes, Synthesis of molded monolithic porous polymers using supercritical carbon dioxide as the porogenic solvent, ADVAN MATER, 11(15), 1999, pp. 1270
Communication: Continuous porous polymer monoliths that take on the shape o
f the reaction vessel are described. These materials are generated by polym
erizing crosslinking monomers such as trimethylolpropane trimethacrylate (T
RM, see Figure) in supercritical CO2. It is demonstrated that the pore size
distribution can be fine-tuned with pressure or reverse micellar imprintin
g.