MCM-41 single crystal of hexagonal circular bicone with pseudo-singular surface and morphogenesis
Abstract
The preparation of large MCM-41 single crystals as well as their controllable morphologies has very important meanings not only for their potential applications but also for the exploration of the new morphogenetic mechanism for some special mesoporous crystals. In this paper, a novel crystal form of hexagonal circular bicone of MCM-41 crystal, which is the combination form of thee hexagonal bipyramid and circular bicone forms, has been observed. The MCM-41 single crystals which originally remained the same can grow larger to nearly ∼10 micron via multiple-growth in extremely diluted ammonia solution, and were characterized by