Preparation of Clickable Microporous Hydrocarbon Particles Based on Adamantane

A study was conducted to demonstrate the preparation of clickable microporous hydrocarbon particles based on adamantane. Researchers involved in the study were able to control the particle morphologies by varying the polymerization conditions and to functionalize the surface by utilizing a click process. Adamantane was a bulky hydrocarbon, consisting of four cyclohexanes fused into a chair conformation. The polymerizationwas carried out in either aminiemulsion or a solution state where the miniemulsion method produced spherical microporous particles with a diameter of 500-700 nm, as observed in the scanning electronmicroscopic (SEM) image. A noncontinuous phase of the miniemulsion system was achieved by mixing an aqueous solution of cetyltrimethylammonium bromide and two different organic solvents, such as toluene and triethylamine (TEA).