This book gathers the various aspects of the porous polymer field into one volume. It not only presents a fundamental description of the field, but also describes the state of the art for such materials and provides a glimpse into the future. Emphasizing a different aspect of the ongoing research and development in porous polymers, the book is divided into three sections: Synthesis, Characterization, and Applications. The first part of each chapter presents the basic scientific and engineering principles underlying the topic, while the second part presents the state of the art results based on those principles. In this fashion, the book connects and integrates topics from seemingly disparate fields, each of which embodies different aspects inherent in the diverse field of porous polymeric materials.

MICHAEL S. SILVERSTEIN, DSc, is a Professor in the Department of Materials Engineering and the Chairman of the Interdepartmental Program in Polymer Engineering at the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology. He is an editor of the Journal of Polymer Engineering and has organized several conferences on porous polymers.

NEIL R. CAMERON, PhD, is a Professor in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Durham, UK. He has published over ninety articles, book chapters, reviews, and patents, and has given over ninety invited presentations at conferences, symposia, and colloquia.

MARC A. HILLMYER, PhD, is a Distinguished McKnight University Professor in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Minnesota. He has published over 200 articles, organized numerous scientific symposia, and serves as an Associate Editor for the ACS journal Macromolecules.

PREFACE. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. CONTRIBUTORS. SECTION I SYNTHESIS. 1. Polymers with Inherent Microporosity (Neil B. McKeown and Peter M. Budd). 2. Porous Polymers from Self-Assembled Structures (Eric M. Todd and Marc A. Hillmyer). 3. Porogen Incorporation and Phase Inversion (Lei Qian and Haifei Zhang). 4. Colloidal Templating (Neil R. Cameron, Peter Krajnc, and Michael S. Silverstein). SECTION II CHARACTERIZATION. 5. Surface Area and Porosity Characterization of Porous Polymers (Rolando M. A. Roque-Malherbe). 6. Nondestructive Evaluation of Critical Properties of Thin Porous Films (Mikhail R. Baklanov and Denis Shamiryan). 7. Microscopy Characterization of Porous Polymer Materials (Gregory Meyers, Anand Badami, Steve Rozeveld, Bob Cieslinski, Clifford Todd, Charlie Wood, Deborah Rothe, William Heeschen, and Gary Mitchell). SECTION III APPLICATIONS. 8. Separation Membranes (Mathias Ulbricht). 9. Biomedical Devices (Yvonne Reinwald, Kevin Shakesheff, and Steven Howdle). 10. High-Performance Microelectronics (Charles T. Black). 11. Polymer-supported Reagents and Catalysts (Jonathan Behrendt and Andrew Sutherland). 12. Templates for Porous Inorganics (Arne Thomas, Jens Weber, and Markus Antonietti). INDEX.