title: Effect of cosolvent organic molecules on the adsorption and structural properties of soft-templated ordered mesoporous alumina.
abstract: Ordered mesoporous aluminas with high surface areas (up to 783 m(2)/g), large pore volumes (up to 0.82 cm(3)/g) and the presence of complementary micropores (up to 0.17 cm(3)/g) are synthesized with Pluronic® F127 or P123 triblock copolymers in a one-pot synthesis of metal alkoxide, template and cosolvent molecules such as 1,3,5-trimethylbenzene or 1,3,5-triisopropylbenzene in an acidic ethanol solution at 15 °C. Materials are characterized by nitrogen adsorption analysis, small-angle X-ray diffraction and transmission electron microscopy.
authors: Department of Chemistry, Kent State University, Kent, OH 44242, USA.
authors: Stacy M
authors: SM
authors: Grant
authors: Mietek
authors: M
authors: Jaroniec
mesh_terms: D000327:Adsorption; D000537:Aluminum Oxide / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D046529:Microscopy, Electron, Transmission; D020442:Poloxamer / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry*; D016062:Porosity; D013499:Surface Properties; D014961:X-Ray Diffraction
chemical_list: D020442:Poloxamer; D000537:Aluminum Oxide