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Mesoporous Silver Films from Dilute Mixed‐Surfactant Solutions by Using Dip‐Coating
Author(s) -
Luo K.,
Walker C. T.,
Edler K. J.
Publication year - 2007
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.200601244
Subject(s) - materials science , mesoporous material , pulmonary surfactant , dip coating , chemical engineering , coating , lyotropic , substrate (aquarium) , hexagonal crystal system , nanotechnology , composite material , organic chemistry , liquid crystalline , crystallography , catalysis , polymer , chemistry , engineering , oceanography , geology
Mesoporous silver films (see figure) are synthesized by using a dip‐coating method, employing dilute mixed‐surfactant solutions, which allows the creation of films over a large area of substrate and uses a smaller amount of surfactant than previous syntheses using lyotropic liquid‐crystalline solutions. Ordered 2D hexagonal mesoporous silver films form under conditions of moderate humidity by using photocatalytic reduction.