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artículo de publicación periódica.listelement.badge Polymeric Membranes from Colloidal Templates with Tunable Morphology(2010-07) Casis, Natalia; Ravaine, Serge; Reculusa, Stéphane; Colvin, Vicki L.; Wiesner, Mark R.; Estenoz, Diana; Fidalgo de Cortalezzi, María Marta"Polymeric porous membranes were fabricated from templates made from silica particles. The templates were obtained by self-assembly and by the Langmuir-Blodgett (L-B) technique. For the self-assembly technique, suspensions of silica particles in ethanol were used to create the deposits. L-B deposition was employed to produce templates of different particle sizes for the fabrication of asymmetric membranes. Two different polymers were tested to fabricate membranes: polystyrene (PS) and the diethyleneglycol dimethacrylate (DEGDMA)/urethane dimethacrylate (UDMA) copolymer. Templates and porous films were observed by SEM in order to analyze the pore morphology. Permeability of the poly(DEGDMA/UDMA) films was comparable to commercially available membranes. Proposed applications for these ordered porous structures include, sensors, filters, and catalytic materials."