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Title
Is there any microporosity in ordered mesoporous silicas?
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Abstract
The porous structure of nanostructured silicas MCM-41 and SBA-15 has been characterized using N2 adsorption at 77 K, before and after n-nonane preadsorption, together with immersion calorimetry into liquids of different molecular dimensions. Selective blocking of the microporosity with n-nonane proves experimentally that MCM-41 is exclusively mesoporous while SBA-15 exhibits both micro- and mesopores. Additionally, N2 adsorption experiments on the preadsorbed samples show that the microporosity on SBA-15 is located in intrawall positions, the micropore volume accounting for only 7−8 % of the total pore volume. Calorimetric measurements into n-hexane (0.43 nm), 2-methylpentane (0.49 nm), and 2,2-dimethylbutane (0.56 nm) estimate the size of these micropores to be ¡Ü0.56 nm.
Language
English
Source (journal)
Langmuir: the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids. - Washington, D.C.
Publication
Washington, D.C. : 2009
ISSN
0743-7463
DOI
10.1021/LA802692Z
Volume/pages
25 :2 (2009) , p. 939-943
ISI
000262431100042
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