title: Introduction of bridging and pendant organic groups into mesoporous alumina materials.
abstract: Incorporation of organic functionalities into soft-templated mesoporous alumina was performed via organosilane-assisted evaporation induced self-assembly using aluminum alkoxide precursors and block copolymer templates. This strategy permits one to obtain mesoporous alumina-based materials with tailorable adsorption, surface and structural properties. Isocyanurate, ethane, mercaptopropyl, and ureidopropyl-functionalized mesoporous alumina materials were synthesized with relatively high surface area and large pore volume with uniform and wormhole-like mesopores. The presence of organosilyl groups within these hybrid materials was confirmed by IR or Raman spectroscopy and their concentration was determined by elemental analysis.
authors: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio 44242, USA.
authors: Stacy M
authors: SM
authors: Grant
authors: Stephan M
authors: SM
authors: Woods
authors: Arne
authors: A
authors: Gericke
authors: Mietek
authors: M
authors: Jaroniec
mesh_terms: D000327:Adsorption; D000537:Aluminum Oxide / Q000737:chemistry*; D015394:Molecular Structure; D016062:Porosity; D013499:Surface Properties
chemical_list: D000537:Aluminum Oxide