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Percolation transition in the porous structure of latex-templated silica monoliths

  • François Guillemot
  • , Aline Brunet-Bruneau
  • , Elodie Bourgeat-Lami
  • , Jean Pierre Boilot
  • , Etienne Barthel
  • , Thierry Gacoin
  • CNRS
  • Laboratoire de Chimie, Catalyse, Polymères et Procédés

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Porous sol-gel silica monoliths are prepared using PMMA nanoparticles, 60 nm in diameter, as sacrificial templates. The pore-structure of the calcined pellets is investigated through nitrogen adsorption to assess the evolution of the porosity when varying the amount of porogen. The latex templated monoliths present a well defined spherical extrinsic porosity and an intrinsic microporosity due to preparation process. As a result of a careful analysis of the adsorption hysteresis, we identify a percolation threshold of the spherical porosity around 30% volume fraction. This phenomenon, similar to the percolation previously observed in latex-templated silica films, opens the way to the use of latex-templated porous silica monoliths with a tailorable and reliable pore structure.

langue originaleAnglais
Pages (de - à)146-150
Nombre de pages5
journalMicroporous and Mesoporous Materials
Volume172
Les DOIs
étatPublié - 12 mars 2013

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