RT info:eu-repo/semantics/article T1 Porous aromatic polyamides the easy and green way A1 Pascual Portal, Blanca Sol A1 Trigo López, Miriam A1 Reglero Ruiz, José Antonio A1 Pablos, Jesús Luis A1 Bertolín Burillo, Juan Carlos A1 Represa Pérez, César A1 Cuevas Vicario, José Vicente A1 García García, Félix Clemente A1 García Pérez, José Miguel K1 Ionic liquid K1 Aramid K1 Porous film K1 Thermally-induced phase separation K1 Ingeniería química K1 Chemical engineering AB We prepared microporous aramid films through a simple, inexpensive and green way, using ionic liquids (IL) as porosity promoters. Commercial poly(m-phenylene isophthalamide) (MPIA) films with different IL proportions were prepared, and then microporous films were obtained by removing the IL in distilled water. Microporous films presented density values between 0.34 and 0.71 g⋅cm−3 (around five times lower to commercial MPIA), with a homogeneous and controlled cellular morphology dependent on the proportion of the IL, showing cell sizes in the microcellular range (radii between 1 and 8 µm). Thermal, mechanical and electrical properties (specifically ionic conductivity) of the aramid films were analyzed to evaluate the influence of the IL proportion. Finally, it was observed that the MPIA/IL system presented a reversible thermally induced phase-separation process around 60 °C, which was characterized through AFM-Raman images and spectra, together with the variation of the ionic conductivity. PB Elsevier SN 0014-3057 YR 2019 FD 2019-07 LK http://hdl.handle.net/10259/5093 UL http://hdl.handle.net/10259/5093 LA eng NO FEDER (Fondo Europeo de Desarrollo Regional) and both the Spanish Agencia Estatal de Investigación (MAT2017-84501-R) and the Consejería de Educación-Junta de Castilla y León (BU306P18) DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Burgos RD 26-abr-2024