Thiol-ene polymer beads via liquid-liquid printing: armored interfaces and photopolymerization via graphitic carbon nitride

Cansu Esen; Baris Kumru

doi:10.1039/d2na00254j

Thiol-ene polymer beads via liquid-liquid printing: armored interfaces and photopolymerization via graphitic carbon nitride

Nanoscale Adv. 2022 Jun 23;4(15):3136-3141. doi: 10.1039/d2na00254j. eCollection 2022 Jul 29.

Authors

Cansu Esen¹, Baris Kumru^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Department of Colloid Chemistry Am Mühlenberg 1 14424 Potsdam Germany baris.kumru@mpikg.mpg.de.
² Delft University of Technology, Faculty of Aerospace Engineering, Department of Aerospace Structures and Materials Kluyverweg 1 2629 HS Delft Netherlands b.kumru@tudelft.nl.

Abstract

Polymerization of multifunctional thiol-ene molecules is attractive as a proof of concept in photopolymerization, yet the formation of a bead structure is highly restricted. This manuscript will show graphitic carbon nitride based liquid-liquid printing and subsequent photopolymerization to form thiol-ene polymer beads with extreme simplicity and potential scalability.