Nanocellular foamshavebeenproducedbymeansofagasdissolutionprocessusingpolyphenylsulfone
(PPSU) asmatrixpolymer.Cellsizesintherange20–30 nmandcellnucleationdensitieshigherthan
1015 cm 3 havebeenachievedformaterialswithrelativedensitiesintherange0.65–0.75. Theinfluence
of bothsaturationpressureandfoamingtemperaturehasbeenstudied.Ontheonehand,ithasbeen
provedthatthereisalargeinfluence oftheamountofgas(CO2) absorbedinthe final cellularstructure,
in factithasbeenfoundacriticalCO2 uptake between9%and9.5%atwhichthecellsizesevolvefromthe
micro tothenanoscale.Ontheotherhand,ithasbeenfoundthatthereisawiderangeoffoaming
parameters(foamingtimeandfoamingtemperature)inwhichnanocellularfoamscanbeproduced.
