Simultaneous Determination of the Micro-, Meso-, and Macropore Size Fractions of Porous Polymers by a Combined Use of Fourier Transform Near-Infrared Diffuse Reflection Spectroscopy and Multivariate Techniques

Abstract

Fourier transform near-infrared (FT-NIR) diffuse reflection spectroscopy was used in combination with principal component analysis and partial least-squares regression to simultaneously determine the physical and the chemical parameters of a porous poly(p-methylstyrene-co-1,2-bis(p-vinylphenyl)ethane) (MS/BVPE) monolithic polymer. Chemical variations during the synthesis of the polymer material can alter the pore volume and pore area distributions within the polymer scaffold. Furthermore, mid-infrared and near-infrared (NIR) spectroscopic chemical imaging was implemented as a tool to assess the uniformity of the samples. The presented study summarizes the comparative results derived from the spectral FT-NIR data combined with chemometric techniques. The relevance of the interrelation of physical and chemical parameters is highlighted whereas the amount of MS/BVPE (%, v/v) and the quantity (%) of micropores (diameter, d < 6 nm), mesopores (6 nm < d < 50 nm), and macropores (50 nm < d < 200 nm) could be determined with one measurement. For comparison of the quantitative data, the standard error of prediction (SEP) was used. The SEP for determining the MS/BVPE amount in the samples showed 0.35%, for pore volume quantiles 1.42-8.44%, and for pore area quantiles 0.38-1.45%, respectively. The implication of these results is that FT-NIR spectroscopy is a suitable technique for the screening of samples with varying physicochemical properties and to quantitatively determine the parameters simultaneously within a few seconds.

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