Nanoporous Polymers Based on Liquid Crystals

Jody Lugger; Dirk Jan Mulder; Rint Sijbesma; Albert Schenning

doi:10.3390/ma11010104

Nanoporous Polymers Based on Liquid Crystals

Materials (Basel). 2018 Jan 11;11(1):104. doi: 10.3390/ma11010104.

Authors

Jody Lugger^{1

2}, Dirk Jan Mulder^{3

4}, Rint Sijbesma^{5

6}, Albert Schenning^{7

8}

Affiliations

¹ Laboratory of Supramolecular Polymer Chemistry, Department of Chemical Engineering and Chemistry, Eindhoven University of Technology, P.O. Box 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands. j.a.m.lugger@tue.nl.
² Institute for Complex Molecular Systems, Eindhoven University of Technology, P.O. Box 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands. j.a.m.lugger@tue.nl.
³ Laboratory of Stimuli-Responsive Functional Materials and Devices, Chemical Engineering and Chemistry, Eindhoven University of Technology, P.O. Box 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands. D.J.Mulder@tue.nl.
⁴ Dutch Polymer Institute, P.O. Box 902, 5600 AZ Eindhoven, The Netherlands. D.J.Mulder@tue.nl.
⁵ Laboratory of Supramolecular Polymer Chemistry, Department of Chemical Engineering and Chemistry, Eindhoven University of Technology, P.O. Box 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands. R.P.Sijbesma@tue.nl.
⁶ Institute for Complex Molecular Systems, Eindhoven University of Technology, P.O. Box 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands. R.P.Sijbesma@tue.nl.
⁷ Institute for Complex Molecular Systems, Eindhoven University of Technology, P.O. Box 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands. A.P.H.J.Schenning@tue.nl.
⁸ Laboratory of Stimuli-Responsive Functional Materials and Devices, Chemical Engineering and Chemistry, Eindhoven University of Technology, P.O. Box 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands. A.P.H.J.Schenning@tue.nl.

Abstract

In the present review, we discuss recent advances in the field of nanoporous networks based on polymerisable liquid crystals. The field has matured in the last decade, yielding polymers having 1D, 2D, and 3D channels with pore sizes on the nanometer scale. Next to the current progress, some of the future challenges are presented, with the integration of nanoporous membranes in functional devices considered as the biggest challenge.

Keywords: adsorption; filtration; ion conductivity; liquid crystals; nanoporous membranes; polymer network; separation.

Publication types

Review