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A Major Advance in Characterizing Nanoporous Solids Using a Complementary Triad of Existing Techniques
Author(s) -
Thomas John Meurig,
Leary Rowan K.
Publication year - 2014
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.201407857
Subject(s) - nanoporous , triad (sociology) , mesoporous material , materials science , adsorption , hysteresis , nanotechnology , scanning electron microscope , chemical engineering , chemistry , physics , condensed matter physics , organic chemistry , psychology , composite material , psychoanalysis , engineering , catalysis
A triad of complementary techniques , namely high‐resolution gas adsorption coupled with hysteresis scanning and density functional theory, rotation electron diffraction, and electron tomography, has revealed the intracrystalline nature and connectivity of size‐tailored mesopores in surfactant‐templated mesostructured zeolite‐Y with new clarity. This approach constitutes a significant advance in the elucidation of the structure of nanoporous solids.