Structure Determination of Spherical MCM‐41 Particles
Structure Determination of Spherical MCM‐41 Particles
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DOI:
10.1002/1521-4095(200109)13:17
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发表时间:
2001-09
影响因子:
29.4
通讯作者:
B. Pauwels;G. Tendeloo;Carla Thoelen;W. V. Rhijn;P. Jacobs
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作者:
B. Pauwels;G. Tendeloo;Carla Thoelen;W. V. Rhijn;P. Jacobs
Nitrogen sorption measurements show that template-direct- ed materials obtained via a modified Stber procedure typi- cally have a narrow pore-size distribution. The characteriza- tion of these spherical particles by means of XRD reveals a diffraction pattern that can be indexed as hexagonal. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) confirms the morphology of the particles as spherical. (19,22) In spite of these characterizations, one crucial question remains: how can an array of hexagonally packed pores be placed in a spherical particle? In this commu- nication, (sub-)micrometer spheres of silica are investigated with nitrogen sorption measurements, SEM, XRD, and trans- mission electron microscopy (TEM). The results are com- pared with the experimental observations from conventional MCM-41 material. Based on these results, a model for the pore ordering of spherical particles is proposed and discussed. In Figure 1a, an SEM image of spherical MCM-41 particles (MCM-41 (SPH)) shows their perfectly spherical shape, with sizes ranging from 0.2 to 1 lm. The average size of the parti-