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Table 5-5. Comparison of Surface Areas Reported in Previous Studies and in the Current Work<br />

(last two rows).<br />

porous samples prepared by melt-blending from this laboratory<br />

50/50 PLLA/PCL after LbL <strong>de</strong>position of PSS/PDADMAC and<br />

extraction of both phases(Roy, et al., 2006)<br />

50/50 PLLA/PCL after 2h annealing and after LbL <strong>de</strong>position of<br />

PSS/PDADMAC and extraction of both phases(Roy, et al., 2006)<br />

40/60 HDPE/SEB (styrene-ethylene-butylene diblock<br />

copolymer)(Jianming Li, et al., 2002)<br />

50/50 HDPE/SEB (styrene-ethylene-butylene diblock<br />

copolymer)(Jianming Li, et al., 2002)<br />

50/50 HDPE/SEBS(styrene-ethylene-butylene-styrene triblock<br />

copolymer)(J. Li & Favis, 2001a)<br />

156<br />

reported specific<br />

surface area measured<br />

by BET(m 2 /g)<br />

140<br />

63<br />

16<br />

13.15<br />

40/60 HDPE/PS after extraction of PS(J. Li & Favis, 2001a) 0.82<br />

33/33/33 HDPE/PMMA/PVDF after extraction of PMMA and PVDF 0.7<br />

33/33/33 HDPE/PMMA/PVDF after 15min annealing and extraction<br />

of PMMA and PVDF<br />

5.4.4 Layer-by-Layer Deposition of PSS/PANI<br />

8.2<br />

≤0.01<br />

A layer-by-layer <strong>de</strong>position technique was used to <strong>de</strong>posit PSS and PANI alternately on the<br />

internal surface of the prepared porous substrate (Figures 5-6a and 5-6b). A PSS polyelectrolyte<br />

soluble in water was selected to be <strong>de</strong>posited first due to its ability to adsorb strongly on<br />

hydrophobic surfaces such as HDPE(R. v. Klitzing, et al., 1999). In a subsequent step, a semi-<br />

flexible PANI layer is <strong>de</strong>posited on a PSS layer as a result of a balance between electrostatic<br />

repulsion of charged monomers. Up to thirty-eight PSS and PANI layers were <strong>de</strong>posited. In or<strong>de</strong>r<br />

to visually examine the multilayer assembly on the surface of the HDPE substrate, the void<br />

volumes or empty macro-channels were refilled with epoxy resin.

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