Open Porosity and Pore Size Distribution of Mesoporous Silica Films Investigated by Positron Annihilation Lifetime Spectroscopy and Ellipsometric Porosimetry.

ABSTRACT: Tunable mesoporous silica films were prepared though a sol-gel process directed by the self-assembly of various triblock copolymers. Positron annihilation γ-ray energy spectroscopy and positron annihilation lifetime spectroscopy (PALS) based on intense pulsed slow positron beams as well as ellipsometric porosimetry (EP) combined with heptane adsorption were utilized to characterize the open porosity/interconnectivity and pore size distribution for the prepared films. The consistency between the open porosities was examined by the variations of orthopositronium (o-Ps) 3γ annihilation fractions and the total adsorbed volumes of heptane. The average pore sizes deduced by PALS from the longest-lived o-Ps lifetimes are in good agreement with those by EP on the basis of the Barrett-Joyner-Halend

SUBMITTER: Xiong B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8235386 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature