3D‐Structured Monoliths of Nanoporous Polymers by Additive Manufacturing

Recent advances in 3D printing provide great opportunities for the utilization of functional materials in chemical engineering and heterogeneous catalysis. In this work cylindrical monoliths with varying geometries of transport channels are designed and printed by a fused deposition modeling (FDM) 3D printer from thermoplastic polymers. Their hydrodynamic characteristics are investigated. For a proof of concept composite monoliths of microporous hyper-crosslinked polymers (HCP) are printed. They contain up to 40 wt % of HCP with an accessible specific surface area of up to 171 m2g−1.