Preparation of mesoporous/macroporous materials in highly concentrated emulsions based on cubic phases by a single-step method

Langmuir

Volumn 28, Issue 33, 2012, Pages 12334-12340

  Esquena, Jordi ^a,b   Nestor, Jérémie ^a,b   Vílchez, Alejandro ^a,b   Aramaki, Kenji ^c   Solans, Conxita ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED CHEMISTRY OF CATALONIA IQAC CSIC   (Spain)

^b BIOMATERIALES Y NANOMEDICINA CIBER BBN   (Spain)

^c YOKOHAMA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIMODAL PORE SIZE DISTRIBUTION; CONTINUOUS PHASE; CUBIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; CUBIC PHASIS; HIGHLY CONCENTRATED EMULSION; LIQUID CRYSTALLINE PHASE; MACROPORES; MESO-PORES; MESOPOROUS; NANO METER RANGE; NITROGEN SORPTION; SILICA MATERIAL; SINGLE-STEP METHOD; SMALL ANGLE X-RAY SCATTERING; TEMPLATING; TETRAETHYL ORTHOSILICATES;

BLOCK COPOLYMERS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; NONIONIC SURFACTANTS; PORE SIZE; SORPTION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

SILICA;

ALKANE; DECANE; POLYETHYLENE DERIVATIVE; POLYPROPYLENE; SILANE DERIVATIVE; SILICON DIOXIDE; SURFACTANT; TETRAETHOXYSILANE; UCON 50 HB 5100; UCON 50-HB-5100; WATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; EMULSION; POROSITY; SMALL ANGLE SCATTERING; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ALKANES; EMULSIONS; POLYETHYLENES; POLYPROPYLENES; POROSITY; SCATTERING, SMALL ANGLE; SILANES; SILICON DIOXIDE; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS; WATER; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84865473944     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: 15205827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la302120f     Document Type: Article

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