5.6. Conclusion
An experimental preparation technique was described that is capable to produce mesoscopic polymer network structures with different shapes of the basic cell: A drop of the initial polymer solution spreads onto a cooled water surface, and the water vapour interacts with the resulting polymer thin film. Following the self-organization process of precipitating droplets of the water vapour on the polymer layer, pulling the latter to the water droplets, and subsequently evaporating the solvent, the originally homogeneous polymer film proceeds to a hexagonal network pattern. It was demonstrated that the size of the basic hexagonal cell is determined by the diameter of the water vapour droplets used during preparation. It was suggested that the stabilization of water droplets on the fluid surface is indispensable for ordered structure formation. This is performed by the ability of the polymer to precipitate at the solution-water interface. The properties of different polymer solutions are discussed that can influence a growth rate, a size and a form of condensing water droplets, and their interaction between each other. By the help of an elementary model study on the self-organized structuring process in the liquid polymer films, it was succeeded in specifying and interpreting the morphology of the basic network cells observed experimentally.
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Govor, L.V. (2005). Microporous Honeycomb-Structured Polymer Films. In: Ordered Porous Nanostructures and Applications. Nanostructure Science and Technology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-25193-6_5
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