Polycarbonate (PC)/Polylactic acid (PLA) composite porous membrane structure of double components PC and PLA were prepared by quenching method under Hexafluoro-isopropanol(HFIP) as co-solvent and methanol as nonsolvent. The effects of factors
such as HFIP concentration
quenching time
quenching temperature and PC/PLA mass ratio
on the morphology and structure of the porous membrane were investigated. The optimum conditions were: 6g/mL HFIP concentration
2h quenching time
0℃ quenching temperature and 1/1 PC/PLA mass ratio. A possible mechanism was proposed. The results show that: the quenching phase separation under non-solvent and the pore formation rate of solvent evaporation successively correspond to the liquid-solid and liquid-liquid two-phase processes respectively
which are directly controlled by solution viscosity and surface tension. Under the suitable experimental conditions
the layered porous structure with uniform pore size distribution and good penetration are obtained. Whereas
Other conditions can be a large size and irregular hole broken structure
or a single layer and uneven hole structure
or be lamellar and only a few isolated holes dense structure.