Transmission electron microscopy in formation and growth of ordered mesoporous materials

Current Opinion in Colloid and Interface Science

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 302-307

  Díaz, Isabel ^a   Alfredsson, Viveka ^b   Sakamoto, Yasuhiro ^c  

^a INSTITUTO DE CATÁLISIS Y PETROLEOQUÍMICA   (Spain)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Mechanism; Mesoporous materials; Phase transformations; TEM; Zeolitic mesoporous materials

Indexed keywords

COLLOID CHEMISTRY; GROWTH KINETICS; MECHANISMS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ZEOLITES;

COLLOIDAL SCIENCE; INTERMEDIATE MESOPHASES; ORDERED MESOPOROUS MATERIALS; ZEOLITIC MESOPOROUS MATERIALS;

MESOPOROUS MATERIALS;

ZEOLITE;

COLLOID; CRYSTALLIZATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MATERIAL STATE; POROSITY; REVIEW; SURFACE PROPERTY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 33751098543     PISSN: 13590294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cocis.2006.09.007     Document Type: Review

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