Formation of mesophase surfactant-templated silica thin films from acidic solutions
Edler, K. J. LU
; Brennan, T.
; Fernandez-Martin, C.
and Roser, S. J.
(2004)
In Studies in Surface Science and Catalysis
154 A.
p.373-379
- Abstract
The formation of mesophase silica-surfactant thin films at the air/solution interface has been studied in situ using off-specular X-ray reflectivity, Brewster angle microscopy and small angle scattering. Results for cetyltrimethylammonium bromide-templated films suggest that the formation mechanism is strongly dependent on the silica:surfactant ratio, and this is confirmed by studies on the subphase solutions using time-resolved small angle X-ray and neutron scattering. Results of similar investigations for films templated with Pluronic® P123 triblock copolymer surfactant also show a strong dependence of mesostructure development on silica:surfactant ratio. A general formation mechanism for mesophase growth and thin film development is... (More)
The formation of mesophase silica-surfactant thin films at the air/solution interface has been studied in situ using off-specular X-ray reflectivity, Brewster angle microscopy and small angle scattering. Results for cetyltrimethylammonium bromide-templated films suggest that the formation mechanism is strongly dependent on the silica:surfactant ratio, and this is confirmed by studies on the subphase solutions using time-resolved small angle X-ray and neutron scattering. Results of similar investigations for films templated with Pluronic® P123 triblock copolymer surfactant also show a strong dependence of mesostructure development on silica:surfactant ratio. A general formation mechanism for mesophase growth and thin film development is proposed.
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- Edler, K. J.
LU
; Brennan, T.
; Fernandez-Martin, C.
and Roser, S. J.
- publishing date
- 2004
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- keywords
- Cationic, Formation mechanism, Hierarchical structure, Non-ionic templating, Thin film
- in
- Studies in Surface Science and Catalysis
- volume
- 154 A
- pages
- 7 pages
- publisher
- Elsevier
- external identifiers
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- scopus:11844304081
- ISSN
- 0167-2991
- DOI
- 10.1016/s0167-2991(04)80825-5
- language
- English
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author = {{Edler, K. J. and Brennan, T. and Fernandez-Martin, C. and Roser, S. J.}},
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keywords = {{Cationic; Formation mechanism; Hierarchical structure; Non-ionic templating; Thin film}},
language = {{eng}},
pages = {{373--379}},
publisher = {{Elsevier}},
series = {{Studies in Surface Science and Catalysis}},
title = {{Formation of mesophase surfactant-templated silica thin films from acidic solutions}},
url = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0167-2991(04)80825-5}},
doi = {{10.1016/s0167-2991(04)80825-5}},
volume = {{154 A}},
year = {{2004}},
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