Topological construction of mesoporous materials

Current Opinion in Solid State and Materials Science

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 111-121

  Zhao, Dongyuan ^a   Peidong, Yang ^a   Qisheng, Huo ^a   Bradley F, Chmelka ^a   Galen D, Stucky ^a  

^a University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

BET Brunauer Emmett Teller; CTAB cetyltrimethylammonium bromide; FWHM (full width at half maximum); SAM self assembled monolayer; SEM scanning electron microscopy; TBOS tetrabutyloxysilane; TEM transmission electron microscopy; TEOS tetraethyloxysilane

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039165666     PISSN: 13590286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1359-0286(98)80073-9     Document Type: Article

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