Patent ID: 7915318

Claim:
A method for making a polymeric blend suitable for use as a monolithic material comprising the steps of: contacting a composition having formula (I) wherein “a” and “b” are independently integers from 1 to 3, with the proviso that “a+b” is less than or equal to 5, M is ruthenium or osmium, X is independently at each occurrence an anionic ligand, L is independently at each occurrence a neutral electron donor ligand, R 1 is hydrogen, an aliphatic radical, a cycloaliphatic radical, or an aromatic radical, and R 2 is hydrogen, an aliphatic radical, a cycloaliphatic radical, or an aromatic radical; with a norbornene-substituted cycloolefin polymer or a polynorbornene polymer precursor; and wherein the contacting occurs in an aqueous or polar solvent in the presence of a solid support, and wherein the aqueous or polar solvent further contains a porogen, and wherein the porogen is a polymer.