Key words: supercritical carbon dioxide, polystyrene, chitosane, co-solvent, porous structure
Processes of porous structure formation in polystyrene and aminopolysaccharide – chitosane – during supercritical carbon dioxide (SC-CO2) desorption are investigated. The effect of exposition parameters in SC-CO2 and desorption rates after exposition onto pore size in polystyrene is studied. It is demonstrated that variations of experimental conditions lead to the formation of porous structures with different morphology. Unlike polystyrene, porous structures in chitosane can be formed only if co-solvents are added to SC-CO2.