Shrinkage Dynamics of Organic Template Substances with Long Alkyl Chains toward Porous Material Design
Kiminori Sato,
Juan Antonio Cecilia
Abstract:Templating with organic substances is known as a primary
step for
synthesizing silica-based porous materials, e.g., porous clay nanoheterostructures,
but the shrinkage dynamics of template substances in response to temperatures
and its influence on micro- and mesopore formation has not been the
subject of extensive research. Here, the shrinkage of hexadecyltrimethylammonium
(HDTMA+) monomers with long alkyl chains perceptible to
temperatures is studied by means of molecular simulations coupled
with angstrom-sc… Show more
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