| abstract |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for producing a crosslinked polymer support having a multimodal pore structure. A degradable initiator molecule is prepared, an organic phase containing the initiator molecule, one or more radical polymerizable monomers and a porogen in a solvent is prepared, and an aqueous phase containing a transition metal catalyst is prepared, Suspension-polymerizing the organic phase by adding a ligand, blended with the transition metal in the aqueous phase to form a crosslinked polymeric support having a primary pore structure and including initiator molecules; and The support is subjected to decomposition conditions that at least partially remove the initiator molecules from the interior of the support to produce a crosslinked polymer support having a secondary pore structure in addition to the primary pore structure. |