Swollen and highly ordered MCM-41 type materials with
varied pores sizes, but with
similar wall thicknesses, have been directly synthesized in the absence
of auxilliary organics
by controlling the preparation conditions. The most important
parameter in the synthesis
in order to control the pore opening is the cetyltrimethylammonium
(CTMA+) concentration
in the synthesis gel. Our results suggest that the mechanism of
swelling is related with
the replacement of some CTMA+ species by others cations
in the interface formed between
the liquid crystal and the silica surfaces. This approach could
open new insights into the
mechanism of formation of MCM-41 type materials as well as having in
addition an important
impact on the preparation of large mesoporous materials.
Subsitution of germanium for silicon in the preparation of the zeolite Beta allows the synthesis and characterization of a third, heretofore predicted, polymorph “C”; a [001] view is shown in the picture. Germanium preferentially occupies positions in double four‐membered ring cages, the secondary building units of polymorph C, and favors the formation of polymorph C regardless of which of the eight organic structure‐directing agents were used.
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