Emulsion-Templated Porous Materials Using Concentrated Carbon Dioxide-in-Water Emulsions and Inexpensive Hydrocarbon Surfactants

Supercritical carbon dioxide is the most extensively studied supercritical fluid (SCF) medium for polymerization reactions and organic transformations. This can be attributed to a list of advantages ranging from solvent properties to practical environmental as well as economic considerations. In addition, when CO 2 is used for the synthesis and processing of porous materials additional advantages are also realized. The subject of this review will be the synthesis of porous materials and in particular emulsion-templated polymers. The development of inexpensive hydrocarbon surfactants will also be discussed.