Abstract
AbstractPorous poly(ethylene glycol) diacrylate (PEGDA) monoliths have been prepared by UV‐initiated polymerization of PEGDA oligomer (Mn = 700 g/mol). In the mean time, the addition of hydrophobic poly(propylene oxide) (PPO, Mn = 725 g/mol) as porogen into an ethanol solution of PEGDA oligomer to form a homogenous mixture, causes a phase separation between PPO and PEGDA following removal of ethanol by UV heating. Porous PEGDA monolith was prepared by immediate heating at 300°C to remove PPO molecules from the as‐synthesized PEGDA/PPO hybrid. The micrometer pores of the PEGDA monolith have relatively concentrated pore size distribution according to the mercury intrusion porosimetry results and field emission scanning electron microscopy (FE‐SEM).
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