The effect of alkan-1-ols addition on the structural ordering and morphology of mesoporous silicate MCM-41

Synthesis of Ag/Pd nanoparticles via reactive micelles as templates and its application to electroless copper deposition

“…The surfactants can serve as soft templates and therefore the shapes of these micelles can manipulate the nanostructure of particles. Furthermore, these micellar phases of the surfactants could alter due to various experimental conditions, such as adjustment of temperature, addition of alcohol, and concentration of surfactants [23][24][25]. In our work, 1-dodecanol, generated in situ from the decomposition of SDS at elevated temperature with refluxing, was coexistent with the surfactant.…”

Effect of alcohol on morphology and mesostructure control of anionic-surfactant-templated mesoporous silica (AMS)

“…Moreover, ethanol formed by the hydrolysis of silicate source tetraethoxysilane (TEOS), was suggested to influence the structure of mesoporous silica by altering the surfactant packing parameter [30]. Till now the effects of alcohol in the synthesis of mesoporous silica with cationic and nonionic surfactants as templates have been roundly studied [31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38]. For mesoporous silica synthesis using nonionic surfactant, alcohol could tune the mesostructure efficiently through modifying surface curvature of the micelles [34].…”

Electrochemical synthesis of lamellar structured ZnO films via electrochemical interfacial surfactant templating

“…The effect of organic co-solvents on the interfacial amphiphilic assemblies of surfactants was studied because it has been shown that the addition of organic molecules causes changes in the stability, curvature, and packing of micellar structures in bulk solution [38][39][40]. Addition of organic molecules can also broaden the types of amphiphiles that can be dissolved in aqueous solutions, which greatly increases the tunability of mesostructure construction.…”