Columnar liquid crystals of gibbsite platelets as templates for the generation of ordered silica structures

Journal of Materials Chemistry

Volumn 18, Issue 25, 2008, Pages 3004-3010

  Mourad, M C D ^a   Groeneveld, E ^a   De Lange, P J ^a   Vonk, C ^a   Van Der Beek, D ^b   Lekkerkerker, H N W ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Albemarle Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD SUBSTITUTES; CENTRIFUGATION; CLADDING (COATING); COMPUTER NETWORKS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; CRYSTALS; DEPOSITS; FLUIDS; LEACHING; LIGHT SOURCES; LIQUID CRYSTALS; POWDERS; SILICA; SILICATE MINERALS; SILICON COMPOUNDS; SOLIDS;

ACID LEACHING; COLLOIDAL GIBBSITE PLATELETS; COLUMNAR LIQUID CRYSTALS; GIBBSITE; GIBBSITE PARTICLES; GIBBSITE PLATELETS; LIQUID CRYSTAL PHASES; ROYAL SOCIETY OF CHEMISTRY (RSC); SILICA COATINGS; SILICA STRUCTURES; SPACE BETWEEN; TEMPLATING; TETRA ETHOXY SILANE (TEOS);

LIQUID PHASE EPITAXY;

EID: 45449084862     PISSN: 09599428     EISSN: 13645501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/b803564b     Document Type: Article

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