Commodity Thermoplastic Elastomer-Enabled Templated Synthesis of Large-Pore Ordered Mesoporous Materials.

ABSTRACT: Fabrication of ordered mesoporous materials (OMMs) has predominantly relied on templating-based methods. However, these methods are constrained by several limitations, especially the limited pore sizes attainable with commercially available surfactants used as structure-directing agents. To unlock the full potential of the OMMs, it is essential to develop synthetic strategies that facilitate the production of large-pore OMMs using scalable processes and cost-effective precursors. This work demonstrates the use of thermoplastic elastomer (TPE)-derived carbon replicas for synthesizing ordered mesoporous silica (OMS) and metal oxides (OMMOs) via precursor infiltration and template removal. The nanostructural evolution of the resulting inorganic materials was systematically investigated. Speci

SUBMITTER: Griffin A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11947817 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature