Propagation of polymer nanosheets from silica opal membrane gaps by thermal polymerization of bicontinuous microemulsions.
Unique polymer morphologies such as fractal surfaces consisting of closely-spaced nanosheets and vertically extended nanosheets were found to be formed by thermal polymerization of styrene or methyl methacrylate bicontinuous microemulsions (BME) from the gaps of a silica opal membrane.
Kawano
Shintaro
S
Graduate School of Science and Technology, Kumamoto University, 2-39-1 Kurokami, Kumamoto, 860-8555, Japan.
Nishi
Sayaka
S
Umeza
Ryusuke
R
Kunitake
Masashi
M