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A Non‐surfactant Templating Route to Mesoporous Silica Materials
Author(s) -
Wei Yen,
Jin Danliang,
Ding Tianzhong,
Shih WeiHeng,
Liu Xinghua,
Cheng Stephen Z. D.,
Fu Qiang
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1521-4095(199803)10:4<313::aid-adma313>3.0.co;2-m
Subject(s) - template , materials science , mesoporous material , pulmonary surfactant , nanotechnology , mesoporous silica , organic molecules , chemical engineering , mesoporous organosilica , molecule , organic chemistry , catalysis , chemistry , engineering
The templated synthesis of mesoporous materials using surfactant templates has been known since 1992. The discovery reported here, that non‐surfactant organic molecules, e.g., optically active organic compounds such as D ‐glucose, also act as templates for the formation of mesoporous silica materials with large surface areas and pore volumes and narrow pore size distribution, opens new opportunities for the preparation of mesostructural materials because of the vast diversity of organic compounds that may function as templates.