A novel anionic surfactant templating route for synthesizing mesoporous silica with unique structure.
Anionic surfactants are used in greater volume than any other surfactants because of their highly potent detergency and low cost of manufacture. However, they have not been used as templates for synthesizing mesoporous silica. Here we show a templating route for preparing mesoporous silicas based on self-assembly of anionic surfactants and inorganic precursors. We use aminosilane or quaternized aminosilane as co-structure-directing agent (CSDA), which is different from previous pathways. The alkoxysilane site of CSDA is co-condensed with inorganic precursors; the ammonium site of CSDA, attached to silicon atoms incorporated into the wall, electrostatically interacts with the anionic surfactants to produce well-ordered anionic-surfactant-templated mesoporous silicas (AMS). These have new structures with periodic modulations as well as two-dimensional hexagonal and lamellar phases. The periodic modulations may be caused by the coexistence of micelles that differ in size or curvature, possibly owing to local chirality. These mesoporous silicas provide a new family of mesoporous materials as well as shedding light on the structural behaviour of anionic surfactants.
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Shunai
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Division of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Yokohama National University, 79-5 Tokiwadai, Yokohama 240-8501, Japan. chesa@stju.edu.cn
Garcia-Bennett
Alfonso E
AE
Yokoi
Toshiyuki
T
Sakamoto
Kazutami
K
Kunieda
Hironobu
H
Terasaki
Osamu
O
Tatsumi
Takashi
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D000838:Anions / Q000737:chemistry; D003460:Crystallization / Q000379:methods*; D003461:Crystallography / Q000379:methods*; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D008420:Manufactured Materials; D008422:Materials Testing; D044367:Phase Transition; D016062:Porosity; D012821:Silanes / Q000737:chemistry*; D012822:Silicon Dioxide / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D013499:Surface Properties; D013501:Surface-Active Agents / Q000737:chemistry*; D017641:Zeolites / Q000737:chemistry*
D000838:Anions; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D012821:Silanes; D013501:Surface-Active Agents; D017641:Zeolites; D012822:Silicon Dioxide