title: Synthesis and characterization of highly ordered mesoporous thin films with -COOH terminated pore surfaces.
abstract: Highly ordered mesoporous inorganic-organic hybrid thin films with covalently bonded carboxylic acid (-COOH) terminal groups on the pore surfaces were synthesized by evaporation induced self-assembly of tetraethoxysilane, organosilanes, and a nonionic surfactant followed by acid hydrolysis and characterized using transmission electron microscopy (TEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy, surface acoustic wave (SAW) based N2 sorption, and thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) techniques.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical and Nuclear Engineering and Center for Micro-Engineered Materials, The University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA.
authors.forename: Nanguo
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Roger A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Assink
authors.forename: C Jeffrey
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Brinker