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    A tri-continuous mesoporous material with a silica pore wall following a hexagonal minimal surface

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    Authors
    Han, Yu cc
    Zhang, Daliang cc
    Chng, Leng Leng
    Sun, Junliang
    Zhao, L. J.
    Zou, Xiaodong
    Ying, Jackie
    KAUST Department
    Advanced Membranes and Porous Materials Research Center
    Chemical Science Program
    Nanostructured Functional Materials (NFM) laboratory
    Office of the VP
    Physical Science and Engineering (PSE) Division
    Date
    2009-04-06
    Online Publication Date
    2009-04-06
    Print Publication Date
    2009-05
    Permanent link to this record
    http://hdl.handle.net/10754/561420
    
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    Abstract
    Ordered porous materials with unique pore structures and pore sizes in the mesoporous range (2-50nm) have many applications in catalysis, separation and drug delivery. Extensive research has resulted in mesoporous materials with one-dimensional, cage-like and bi-continuous pore structures. Three families of bi-continuous mesoporous materials have been made, with two interwoven but unconnected channels, corresponding to the liquid crystal phases used as templates. Here we report a three-dimensional hexagonal mesoporous silica, IBN-9, with a tri-continuous pore structure that is synthesized using a specially designed cationic surfactant template. IBN-9 consists of three identical continuous interpenetrating channels, which are separated by a silica wall that follows a hexagonal minimal surface. Such a tri-continuous mesostructure was predicted mathematically, but until now has not been observed in real materials. © 2009 Macmillan Publishers Limited. All rights reserved.
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    Han, Y., Zhang, D., Chng, L. L., Sun, J., Zhao, L., Zou, X., & Ying, J. Y. (2009). A tri-continuous mesoporous material with a silica pore wall following a hexagonal minimal surface. Nature Chemistry, 1(2), 123–127. doi:10.1038/nchem.166
    Sponsors
    We thank C. Bonneau for discussion related to topology and minimal surfaces, and P. Oleynikov for software assistance. This research is supported by the Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (Biomedical Research Council, Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Singapore), the Swedish Research Council (VR) and the Swedish Governmental Agency for Innovation Systems (VINNOVA). J.-L.S. is supported by a postdoctoral grant from the Carl-Trygger Foundation.
    Publisher
    Springer Nature
    Journal
    Nature Chemistry
    DOI
    10.1038/nchem.166
    PubMed ID
    21378824
    ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
    10.1038/nchem.166
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    Articles; Advanced Membranes and Porous Materials Research Center; Physical Science and Engineering (PSE) Division; Chemical Science Program

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