title: Rigid templating of high surface-area, mesoporous, nanocrystalline rutile using a polyether block amide copolymer template.
abstract: Highly crystalline rutile with a specific surface area as high as 280 m(2) g(-1) and well-connected uniform mesoporosity has been synthesized by rigid templating using commercial, low-cost polyether block amide. This general, simple synthesis route for high surface-area mesoporous nanocrystalline oxides and nanocomposite membranes is important for catalysis, sensors, energy storage, solar cells, heavy metal removal and separations.
authors.affiliation: Aerosol and Respiratory Dosimetry Program, Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute, Albuquerque, NM 87108, USA.
authors.forename: Xingmao
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: C Jeffrey
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Brinker
mesh_terms: D002384:Catalysis; D003460:Crystallization; D004987:Ethers / Q000737:chemistry; D006358:Hot Temperature; D006862:Hydrogen Sulfide / Q000737:chemistry; D046529:Microscopy, Electron, Transmission; D053758:Nanoparticles / Q000737:chemistry*; D009757:Nylons / Q000737:chemistry*; D016062:Porosity; D013499:Surface Properties; D013818:Thermogravimetry; D014025:Titanium / Q000737:chemistry*; D014961:X-Ray Diffraction
chemical_list: D004987:Ethers; D009757:Nylons; C009495:titanium dioxide; D014025:Titanium; D006862:Hydrogen Sulfide