Control of morphology and helicity of chiral mesoporous silica

Haiying Jin*, Zheng Liu, Tetsu Ohsuna, Osamu Terasaki, Yoshihisa Inoue, Kazutami Sakamoto, Takashi Nakanishi, Katsuhiko Ariga, Shunai Che

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Abstract

A method for the control of morphology and helicity of chiral mesoporous silica is presented. Chiral ordered mesoporous silica was synthesized by using the chiral surfactant N-myristoyl-L-aniline sodium salt as template, 3-aminopropyltriethoxysilane (APES) as CSDA, and tetraethoxysilane (TEOS) as inorganic source. Stirring is demonstrated as a conventional tool for controlling the size and shape of the chiral particles, and also the chiral structure and helical pitch length. This method should open up a new dimension of the controlled synthesis and practical use of mesoporous silica materials for advanced applications such as chiral heterogenous catalysis.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)593-596
Number of pages4
JournalAdvanced Materials
Volume18
Issue number5
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Mar 3 2006
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

  • General Materials Science
  • Mechanics of Materials
  • Mechanical Engineering

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