Jianzhong Jiang, Jinchao Yin, Li Dai, Rukuan Liu and Zhihong Xiao
RSC Adv., 2017,7, 25066-25069
DOI:
10.1039/C7RA03134C,
Paper
A facile synthesis method for the preparation of mesoporous silica with CO2/N2 switchable templates using a commercially available compound was described. Dodecyl dimethyl ammonium bicarbonate, which can be in situ formed by N,N-dimethyldodecylamine and CO2, was used as a soft template, and 98% of the templates could be easily removed.