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Crucial effect of stirring on the formation of periodic mesoporous organosilicas prepared under salt-mediated conditions

S.-R. ZHAI1, N. LIU1, C.-S. HA2, Q.-D. AN1,*

Affiliation

  1. Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Materials, Dalian Polytechnic University, Dalian 116034, China
  2. Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Pusan National University, Pusan 609-735, Korea

Abstract

The effect of stirring treatment on the assembly of periodic mesoporous organosilicas (PMO) using 1,2-bis(trimethoxysilyl)ethane as an precursor and triblock copolymer P123 as a template under salt-mediated (NaCl-ZrOCl2) conditions was investigated. It was demonstrated that, according to detailed characterizations, the stirring treatment during the preparation had a great impact on the formation of mesostructures. In contrast to the highly ordered mesoporous ethanesilica with particulate shape, a low-quality mesostructure with platelet-like morphology was clearly observed for the one prepared without stirring, and this observation was rarely reported in previous studies.

Keywords

Porous materials, Hybrid composite, Synthesis, Salt effect.

Citation

S.-R. ZHAI, N. LIU, C.-S. HA, Q.-D. AN, Crucial effect of stirring on the formation of periodic mesoporous organosilicas prepared under salt-mediated conditions, Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials - Rapid Communications, 4, 11, November 2010, pp.1906-1909 (2010).

Submitted at: Aug. 20, 2010

Accepted at: Nov. 10, 2010