Abstract
The use of DAB-Am-64 amine dendrimer as a single-molecule template to produce mesoporous cavities in silica sol-gels is reported. The method is meant to afford the synthesis of spheroidal cavities and is likely to enjoy generality, since there are a number of dendritic molecules commercially available today. X-ray diffraction confirms that a coherent distance of ~25 Å is obtained upon calcination, and the modeling of nitrogen adsorption data by a modified Horvath-Kawazoe formalism for spherical cavities reveals that voids of ~23 Å in diameter had been formed.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1513-1515 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Chemistry of Materials |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue number | 6 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jun 2000 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Chemistry
- General Chemical Engineering
- Materials Chemistry