Table 1.
Components used in polymer dopes.
| Function of Component | Trivial Name/Abbreviation | Component (IUPAC Name) |
MW | Wt% of Total Polymer Dope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| kg/mol | ||||
| Polymer | PTMC | Poly(trimethylene carbonate) | 1300 | 3 |
| 600 | ||||
| Pore stabiliser | PEO | Poly(ethylene oxide) | 5000 | 0.3 |
| Crosslinking agents: | ||||
| Crosslinking aid | Pentaerythritol triacrylate (PETA) |
[2-(hydroxymethyl)-3-prop-2-enoyloxy-2-(prop-2-enoyloxymethyl)propyl] prop-2-enoate | 0.298 | 0.2 |
| Photoinitiator | Irgacure 2959 | 2-hydroxy-1-[4-(2-hydroxyethoxy)phenyl]-2-methylpropan-1-one | 0.224 | 0.01 |
| Solvent | Chloroform | Trichloromethane | 0.119 | 96.5–87.5 |
| Non-solvent | Ethanol | Ethanol | 0.046 | 3 |
| Propanol | Propan-1-ol | 0.060 | 3 | |
| Butanol | Butan-1-ol | 0.074 | 3 | |
| Hexanol | Hexan-1-ol | 0.102 | 0–9 |