Abstract
Abstract Periodic mesoporous bridged polysilsesquioxane (PMBPS) materials are hybrid organic inorganic materials with long range order and porosity between 1-15 nm length scales and great promise as adsorbents and chromatographic materials. In this study, we describe the preparation and optimization of a class of PMBPS with hexylene-bridging groups and cubic Pm3n symmetry. These hexylene-PMBPSs were prepared by surfactant templating of the sol-gel polymerization of 1,6-bis(triethoxysilyl)hexane (BESH) with cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) and N-(3-trimethylammoniumpropyl)hexadecylammonium dibromide (C16-3-1). Powder X-ray diffraction (XRD) and nitrogen adsorption data were used to ascertain the influence on the mesostructure as a function of monomer concentration and aging duration, and aging temperature.
Original language | English (US) |
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Article number | 17338 |
Pages (from-to) | 6-11 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids |
Volume | 419 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jul 1 2015 |
Keywords
- Hexylene-bridged
- Organosilica
- Periodic mesoporous bridged polysilsequioxane
- Surfactant templating
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
- Ceramics and Composites
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Materials Chemistry