[en] Structuring poly(ionic liquid)s (PILs) into porous materials or swelling PILs with free ionic liquids (ILs) has received specific attention recently and contributed to improve the performances of these materials used in a wide range of applications. The present work aims to take benefit of both approaches and produce macroporous PIL/IL gels in a single step through an innovative emulsion-templated polymerization method based on supercritical carbon dioxide (scCO2). More precisely, ILs vinyl monomers and crosslinkers were polymerized in the presence of non polymerizable ILs within the outer phase of a CO2-in-ILs high internal phase emulsion (HIPE). Specific macromolecular surfactants were synthesized by controlled radical polymerization techniques and tested for the stabilization of the CO2-in-ILs emulsions. While optimizing the polymerization conditions, we found that adding a limited amount of water in the medium was beneficial for the emulsion stability. Overall, this straightforward process gave access to macroporous polyHIPEs composed of poly(vinyl imidazolium) networks swollen by ‘free’ vinyl imidazolium-based ILs having interesting properties such as switchable polarity upon simple anion exchange reaction.
Research center :
CESAM Complex and Entangled Systems from Atoms to Materials (CESAM) Center for Education and Research on Macromolecules (CERM)
Disciplines :
Materials science & engineering Chemistry
Author, co-author :
Mathieu, Kevin ; University of Liège (ULiège), Complex and Entangled Systems from Atoms to Materials (CESAM), Center for Education and Research on Macromolecules (CERM)
Jérôme, Christine ; University of Liège (ULiège), Complex and Entangled Systems from Atoms to Materials (CESAM), Center for Education and Research on Macromolecules (CERM)
Debuigne, Antoine ; University of Liège (ULiège), Complex and Entangled Systems from Atoms to Materials (CESAM), Center for Education and Research on Macromolecules (CERM)
Language :
English
Title :
Macroporous poly(ionic liquid)/ionic liquid gels via CO2-based emulsion-templating polymerization
Publication date :
28 January 2018
Journal title :
Polymer Chemistry
ISSN :
1759-9954
eISSN :
1759-9962
Publisher :
Royal Society Chemistry, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Volume :
9
Issue :
4
Pages :
428-437
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
Funders :
F.R.S.-FNRS - Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique [BE] BELSPO - SPP Politique scientifique - Service Public Fédéral de Programmation Politique scientifique