3D printing of inherently nanoporous polymers via polymerization-induced phase separation

• Published in: Nature communications Vol. 12; no. 1; pp. 247 - 12
• Main Authors: Dong, Zheqin, Cui, Haijun, Zhang, Haodong, Wang, Fei, Zhan, Xiang, Mayer, Frederik, Nestler, Britta, Wegener, Martin, Levkin, Pavel A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 11.01.2021; Nature Publishing Group; Nature Portfolio
• Subjects: 14/19; 147/135; 3-D printers; 639/301/923/1028; 639/301/930/1032; 639/638/298/54/2295; Adsorption; Biological properties; Biomedical materials; Cell adhesion; Cell adhesion & migration; Cell culture; Fabrication; Flexibility; Humanities and Social Sciences; Interfaces; multidisciplinary; Permeability; Phase separation; Polymerization; Polymers; Porosity; Printing; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Stability; Surface chemistry; Three dimensional printing

3D printing offers enormous flexibility in fabrication of polymer objects with complex geometries. However, it is not suitable for fabricating large polymer structures with geometrical features at the sub-micrometer scale. Porous structure at the sub-micrometer scale can render macroscopic objects w...