Chemical and Biomolecular Research Papers -- Faculty Authors Series
Gustavo Larsen Publications
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Document Type
Article
Date of this Version
8-2000
Abstract
Commercially available poly(propylene)imine (DAB-Am-32 and DAB-Am-64) dendrimers were used as single-molecule templates to tailor the porosity of silicas via a nonacidic sol-gel method. X-ray diffraction on both the as-prepared (oven-dried at 373 K) and the calcined (833 K) materials revealed that modest contraction took place on template removal and that the cavities created did not achieve three-dimensional ordering under the current synthesis conditions. Transmission electron microscopy of “Pt-stained” samples supported this picture. A modified Horvath–Kawazoe analysis of the argon adsorption isotherms indicated that DAB-Am-64 is a much more effective template than DAB-Am-32. Pyrolysis and oxidation protocols for template removal are also presented.
Comments
Published in Journal of Materials Research 15:8 (August 2000), pp. 1842-1848. Copyright (c) Materials Research Society. Used by permission.