Synthesis of uniform porous silica microspheres with hydrophilic polymer as stabilizing agent

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 602-608

  Ahmed, Adham ^a   Clowes, Rob ^a   Willneff, Elizabeth ^a   Ritchie, Harald ^b   Myers, Peter ^a   Zhang, Haifei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b Thermo Fisher Scientific   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CETYLTRIMETHYLAMMONIUM BROMIDE; HIGH SURFACE AREA; HYDROPHILIC POLYMERS; HYDROTHERMAL METHODS; MESO-PORES; N ,N-DIMETHYLDECYLAMINE; NONPOROUS SILICA; ORDERED MESOPOROSITY; PARTICLES MORPHOLOGY; POLYVINYL PYRROLIDONE; PORE VOLUME; POROUS SILICA; REACTION SYSTEM; SILICA MICROSPHERES; SILICA SPHERE; STABILIZING AGENTS; STOBER METHOD; SUBMICROMETERS; SURFACE AREA; SWELLING AGENTS; TRIMETHYLBENZENE; WELL-DISPERSED;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; CATIONIC SURFACTANTS; DYES; ETHYLENE; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; HYDROPHILICITY; MICROSPHERES; NONIONIC SURFACTANTS; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; POLYETHYLENE OXIDES; PORE SIZE; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

SILICA;

EID: 75249096604     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie901213v     Document Type: Article

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