Simulating the formation of surfactant-templated mesoporous silica materials: A model with both surfactant self-assembly and silica polymerization

Langmuir

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 766-780

  Jin, Lin ^a   Auerbach, Scott M ^b   Monson, Peter A ^a  

^a University of Massachusetts   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS SILICA; BULK AMORPHOUS; CHANGING TEMPERATURE; EXPERIMENTAL OBSERVATION; EXPLICIT REPRESENTATION; HEXAGONAL ARRAYS; HEXAGONAL ORDERING; HIGH PH; LAMELLAR PHASIS; LATTICE MODELS; LONG RANGE ORDERS; LOW TEMPERATURES; MCM-41 MESOPOROUS SILICAS; MESOPOROUS SILICA MATERIALS; MESOSTRUCTURES; MONTE CARLO; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; PH DEPENDENCE; PRECURSOR SOLUTIONS; SILICA CONDENSATION; SILICIC ACIDS; SURFACTANT SELF-ASSEMBLY; SYNTHESIS CONDITIONS;

AMORPHOUS MATERIALS; AMORPHOUS SILICON; CONDENSATION; MESOPOROUS MATERIALS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; POLYMERIZATION; SELF ASSEMBLY; SILICATES; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

SILICA;

EID: 84872521248     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: 15205827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la304475j     Document Type: Article

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