RT info:eu-repo/semantics/article T1 Nanoporous polymeric materials: A new class of materials with enhanced properties A1 Notario Collado, Belén A1 Pinto Sanz, Javier A1 Rodríguez Pérez, Miguel Ángel AB Nanoporous polymeric materials are porous materials with poresizes in the nanometer range (i.e., below 200 nm), processed asbulk or film materials, and from a wide set of polymers. Over thelast several years, research and development on these novel materialshave progressed significantly, because it is believed that thereduction of the pore size to the nanometer range could stronglyinfluence some of the properties of porous polymers, providingunexpected and improved properties compared to conventionalporous and microporous polymers and non-porous solids.In this review, the key properties of these nanoporous polymericmaterials (mechanical, thermal, dielectric, optical, filtration, sensing,etc.) are analyzed. The experimental and theoretical resultsobtained up to date related to the structure–property relationsare presented. In several sections, in order to present a more compressiveapproach, the trends obtained for nanoporous polymersare compared to those for metallic and ceramic nanoporous systems.Moreover, some specific characteristics of these materials,such as the consequences of the confinement of both gas and solidphases, are described. Likewise, the main production methods arebriefly described. Finally, some of the potential applications ofthese materials are also discussed in this paper. PB Elsevier YR 2016 FD 2016 LK http://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/25888 UL http://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/25888 LA eng NO Progress in Materials Science 78-79 (2016) 93–139 NO Producción Científica DS UVaDOC RD 24-nov-2024