Adsorption and structural properties of ordered mesoporous alumina synthesized in the presence of F127 block copolymer

Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects

Volumn 385, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 121-125

  Grant, Stacy M ^a   Vinu, Ajayan ^b   Pikus, Stanisław ^c   Jaroniec, Mietek ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c MARIA CURIE SK ODOWSKA UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Aluminum oxide; Block copolymer templating; Cage like mesopores; Cubic structure; Ordered mesoporous alumina

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; BLOCK COPOLYMERS; ETHANOL; GAS ADSORPTION; MESOPOROUS MATERIALS; NITRIC ACID; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ALUMINUM OXIDES; BLOCK COPOLYMER TEMPLATING; CAGE-LIKE MESOPORES; CUBIC STRUCTURE; ORDERED MESOPOROUS;

COPOLYMERIZATION;

ALUMINUM OXIDE; COPOLYMER; POLOXAMER;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; EVAPORATION; ONE POT SYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION SCATTERING; SMALL ANGLE SCATTERING; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 79960637596     PISSN: 09277757     EISSN: 18734359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2011.05.061     Document Type: Article

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