{"title":"Water Molecule as a Dynamic Cross-Linker for Creating Multifunctional Poly(ionic liquid) Porous Membranes","authors":"Yue Shao, Hong Wang","doi":"10.1021/accountsmr.4c00130","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Supramolecular polyelectrolyte porous membranes (SPPMs), which structurally integrate supramolecular material properties, electrolyte characteristics and pore confinement effects into a membrane, represent an exciting class of materials targeted for a broad range of applications in modern science and technology. However, owing to the intrinsic water solubility of conventional polyelectrolytes and the complex bonding mode arising from their charged nature, a long-standing challenge in the field has been the development of reliable preparation methods for fabricating high-quality SPPMs with controllable pore architectures and programmable functionalities. There have been a few characteristic attempts at achieving SPPMs. One involves layer-by-layer assembly of polyelectrolyte species through the strategic utilization of “orthogonal” noncovalent interactions; the other involves self-assembly of amphiphilic polyelectrolyte block copolymers, forming SPPMs. However, considering the multiple tedious preparation steps, the use of large amounts of organic solvents, and/or expensive precursors, these approaches suffer from some inherent limitations for the scalable preparation of SPPMs. Undoubtedly, direct assembly of polyelectrolytes in water to produce SPPMs is a priority because of its eco-friendly nature and ease of scaling up.","PeriodicalId":72040,"journal":{"name":"Accounts of materials research","volume":"55 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":14.0000,"publicationDate":"2024-08-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Accounts of materials research","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1021/accountsmr.4c00130","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Supramolecular polyelectrolyte porous membranes (SPPMs), which structurally integrate supramolecular material properties, electrolyte characteristics and pore confinement effects into a membrane, represent an exciting class of materials targeted for a broad range of applications in modern science and technology. However, owing to the intrinsic water solubility of conventional polyelectrolytes and the complex bonding mode arising from their charged nature, a long-standing challenge in the field has been the development of reliable preparation methods for fabricating high-quality SPPMs with controllable pore architectures and programmable functionalities. There have been a few characteristic attempts at achieving SPPMs. One involves layer-by-layer assembly of polyelectrolyte species through the strategic utilization of “orthogonal” noncovalent interactions; the other involves self-assembly of amphiphilic polyelectrolyte block copolymers, forming SPPMs. However, considering the multiple tedious preparation steps, the use of large amounts of organic solvents, and/or expensive precursors, these approaches suffer from some inherent limitations for the scalable preparation of SPPMs. Undoubtedly, direct assembly of polyelectrolytes in water to produce SPPMs is a priority because of its eco-friendly nature and ease of scaling up.