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Alignment of single‐crystal zeolites by means of microstructured surfaces
Author(s) -
Scandella Loris,
Binder Gunnar,
Gobrecht Jens,
Jansen Jacobus C.
Publication year - 1996
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/adma.19960080206
Subject(s) - materials science , zeolite , silicon , nanoscopic scale , nanotechnology , single crystal , crystallography , optoelectronics , catalysis , organic chemistry , chemistry
Nanoscale devices based on zeolites require either thin films of single‐crystalline zeolites or ordered arrangements of zeolite crystals. A novel technique—with potentially wide applications—is reported here that enables thousands of zeolite crystals to be ordered using a microstructured silicon surface. The figure shows zeolites oriented in two positions (marked A and B) in silicon grooves.