
%0 Journal Article
%A Stenzel, M. H. 
%T Formation of Regular Honeycomb-Patterned Porous Film by Self-Organization
%J Australian Journal of Chemistry
%D 2002/07/09
%V 55
%N 4
%P 239-243
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/CH02056
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/CH02056 
%X Regular honeycomb-structured porous films can be prepared by the casting of a polymer solution under humid conditions. The origin of these pores is `empty' water droplets, which condense from the humid atmosphere onto the solution. The water droplets self-organize into a regular array and serve as a highly regular template for the precipitating polymer. The pore size can be controlled by the casting conditions as well as by the polymer used. A spherical-shaped polymer is required to support a high regularity. These specially designed polymers can easily be prepared by controlled radical polymerization techniques. 
