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Multimetallic Mesoporous Spheres Through Surfactant-Directed Synthesis.

ABSTRACT: Multimetallic mesoporous spheres are successfully synthesized with ultra-large mesopores with the assistance of nonionic triblock copolymer (F127) as a structural directing agent. The kinetically controlled reduction rate of metal species and the concentration of F127 are critical to the formation of the large mesopores.

SUBMITTER: Jiang B

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5115414 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Multimetallic Mesoporous Spheres Through Surfactant-Directed Synthesis.

Jiang Bo B Li Cuiling C Imura Masataka M Tang Jing J Yamauchi Yusuke Y

Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) 20150625 8

<b>Multimetallic mesoporous spheres</b> are successfully synthesized with ultra-large mesopores with the assistance of nonionic triblock copolymer (F127) as a structural directing agent. The kinetically controlled reduction rate of metal species and the concentration of F127 are critical to the formation of the large mesopores. ...[more]

PMID: 27980969

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