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Pores by Pillaring: Not Always a Maze
Author(s) -
Tsapatsis Michael,
Maheshwari Sudeep
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.200705755
Subject(s) - crystallinity , porosity , materials science , composite number , chemical engineering , nanotechnology , composite material , engineering
Pillaring with perfection : The construction of molecular pillars in layered materials (see scheme) while preserving the three‐dimensional crystallinity enables the creation of porous structures with a narrow pore‐size distribution. This method opens up a route to prepare composite materials with unusual combinations of properties.