Structural control of mesoporous silica by a bicontinuous microemulsion-aided process

Moriguchi I; Shono Y; Tachikawa H; Yamada H; Kudo T; Teraoka Y; Nishimi T

Chemistry Letters, Vol.34, No.4, 610-611, 2005

DOI10.1246/cl.2005.610 Export Citation

Structural control of mesoporous silica by a bicontinuous microemulsion-aided process

Moriguchi I, Shono Y, Tachikawa H, Yamada H, Kudo T, Teraoka Y, Nishimi T

Mesoporous silica was successfully synthesized via a sol-gel process in a bicontinuous microemulsion of tetradecane/didodecyldimethylammonium bromide/aq HCl ternary system. The surface area, pore size and pore volume of silica varied dependent on the composition of bicontinuous microemulsion.