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Tuneable Mesoporous Materials from α‐ D ‐Polysaccharides
Author(s) -
White Robin J.,
Budarin Vitaly L.,
Clark James H.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
chemsuschem
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.412
H-Index - 157
eISSN - 1864-564X
pISSN - 1864-5631
DOI - 10.1002/cssc.200800012
Subject(s) - mesoporous material , crystallinity , biomass (ecology) , starch , polysaccharide , polymer , materials science , chemical engineering , nanotechnology , particle size , particle (ecology) , chemistry , organic chemistry , geology , composite material , engineering , catalysis , oceanography
Holey starch! Mesoporous materials with tuneable characteristics have been prepared from biomass‐derived α‐ D ‐polysaccharides by a microwave‐assisted strategy. Careful selection of the preparation temperature allows control of the crystallinity, particle morphology and textural properties of the resulting materials, leading to surface areas approaching 200 m 2 g −1 and mesopore volumes over 0.6 cm 3 g −1 .