Highly ordered orthorhombic mesoporous silica films

  • Sophie Besson
  • , Christian Ricolleau
  • , Thierry Gacoin
  • , Catherine Jacquiod
  • , Jean Pierre Boilot

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Abstract

Mesoporous silica films are made by the spin-coating technique using an ethylene oxide-propylene oxide-ethylene oxide triblock copolymer (Pluronic PE6800) as template. After optimization of the polymer concentration in the silica sol, films are textured and organized over all the thickness. They exhibit an orthorhombic symmetry (a = 16.0 nm, b = 10.2 nm, c = 23.0 nm) with the b-axis perpendicular to the substrate. This results from a body-centered cubic (bcc) micellar structure which is deformed along the [0 11]bcc cubic axis, i.e. perpendicular to the film plane.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)43-49
Number of pages7
JournalMicroporous and Mesoporous Materials
Volume60
Issue number1-3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 19 Jun 2003

Keywords

  • Electron microscopy
  • Mesoporous silica films
  • Orthorhombic mesoporous structure
  • Spin-coating on glass
  • Triblock copolymer

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