title: Synthesis and characterization of highly ordered functional mesoporous silica thin films with positively chargeable -NH2 groups.
abstract: Highly ordered mesoporous organic-inorganic hybrid silica thin films with covalently bonded, positively chargeable -NH2 terminal groups were synthesized by evaporation induced self-assembly of tetraethoxysilane, 3-aminopropyl-triethoxysilane, and a nonionic surfactant under acid conditions and characterized using TEM, GISAXS, FTIR, SAW-based N2 sorption, and TGA.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical and Nuclear Engineering, Center for Micro-Engineered Materials, 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: Bernd
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Smarsly
authors.forename: C Jeffrey
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Brinker