Mesoporous dendrimer silica monoliths studied by small-angle X-ray scattering

Author(s)
Manuel Weinberger, Stephan Puchegger, Christian Rentenberger, Nicola Hüsing, Herwig Peterlik, Michael Puchberger
Abstract

Monolithic inorganic¿organic hybrid materials have been synthesized via sol¿gel processing of a novel ethylene glycol-modified carbosilane dendrimer precursor in an aqueous solution of the non-ionic block copolymer Pluronic P123. The influences of different precursor concentrations and various pH values on the final gel structure were investigated. The resulting material is built up of nanometer scale building units forming a network of three-dimensionally connected spherical clusters. The structure and chemical composition were characterized by small-angle X-ray scattering, transmission electron microscopy and MAS magnetic resonance spectroscopy. For precise structural information, analytical and numerical ab initio fitting of the small-angle X-ray scattering curves was used.

Organisation(s)
Dynamics of Condensed Systems, Physics of Nanostructured Materials
External organisation(s)
Universität Ulm, Technische Universität Wien
Journal
Journal of Materials Chemistry
Volume
18
Pages
4783-4789
No. of pages
7
ISSN
0959-9428
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B806931J
Publication date
2008
Peer reviewed
Yes
Austrian Fields of Science 2012
103009 Solid state physics, 103018 Materials physics
Portal url
https://ucris.univie.ac.at/portal/en/publications/mesoporous-dendrimer-silica-monoliths-studied-by-smallangle-xray-scattering(2a27eb3d-a17c-43e8-be6c-ddc3bdcc6948).html