Hollow Silica Cubes with Customizable Porosity
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Chemicals
2.2. Synthesis of Pseudo-Cubic Hematite
2.3. Deposition of the Silica Shell
2.4. Extraction of the Hematite Core
2.5. Pseudomorphic Transformation
2.6. Preparation of Monolayers
2.7. Physical Measurements
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. General Synthesis Pathway
3.2. Hollow Silica Cubes
3.3. Pseudomorphic Transformation
3.4. Shell Thickness
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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m (NaOH)/mg | SBET/m2 g−1 | Vtot/cm3 g−1 | Vp/cm3 g−1 | |
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Macroporous shell (pristine) | — | 7 | 0.01 | 0.00 |
Etched shell | 1.2 | 52 | 0.06 | 0.04 |
Lower limit of PT | 6.4 | 221 | 0.23 | 0.19 |
Upper limit of PT | 9.0 | 651 | 0.61 | 0.53 |
Partially dissolved shell | 12.0 | 801 | 0.79 | 0.68 |
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Gallagher, S.H.; Trussardi, O.; Lipp, O.; Brühwiler, D. Hollow Silica Cubes with Customizable Porosity. Materials 2020, 13, 2474. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma13112474
Gallagher SH, Trussardi O, Lipp O, Brühwiler D. Hollow Silica Cubes with Customizable Porosity. Materials. 2020; 13(11):2474. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma13112474
Chicago/Turabian StyleGallagher, Samuel Hugh, Olivier Trussardi, Oliver Lipp, and Dominik Brühwiler. 2020. "Hollow Silica Cubes with Customizable Porosity" Materials 13, no. 11: 2474. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma13112474