I synthesized a cellulose acetate membrane using dmf as the solvent but it was not porous I would like to know the solvent so it can be porous?

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Noor Mohammad

I suggest you try either dichloromethane or acetic acid

Abdelkader BOUAZIZ

Dear all, acetone is used as porogenic agent in the following document. My Regards

https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jchemed.6b00776

Alan F Rawle

Teddy Nwabuisi

Evaporate the solvent rapidly by having the solution as a thin film on a hot plate. Do this in the fume cupboard obviously.

Dear all, generally high boiling solvants are not recommanded for polymeric (organic) membranes preparation, as the matrix softenning makes pores to collapse once the solvant escape. Other criteria are presented in the following RG free documents. My Regards

https://tinyurl.com/wpjm4crv

https://tinyurl.com/y89sdpep