Rapid synthesis of mesoporous silica with micrometer sized hexagonal prism structure

Abstract

Mesoporous silica MCM-41 material with hexagonal prism structure is rapidly synthesized under strongly acidic condition; accretion of surfactant micellae combined with silica oligomers according to the geometric symmetry of liquid-crystal structure leads to the morphogenesis of the hexagonal structure.

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