High-temperature nanoporous ceramic monolith prepared from a polymeric bicontinuous microemulsion template

Brad H. Jones, Timothy P. Lodge

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Abstract

Nanoporous ceramic with a unique pore structure was derived from an all-hydrocarbon polymeric bicontinuous microemulsion (BμE). The BμE was designed to allow facile removal of one phase, resulting in a nanoporous polymer monolith with BμE-like structure. The pores were filled with a commercially available, polymeric precursor to nonoxide, Si-based ceramics. Pyrolysis resulted in a monolith of nanoporous ceramic, stable to at least 1000 °C, with a BμE-like pore structure. The pore structure is disordered and 3-D continuous. Microscopy and gas sorption measurements suggest a well-defined pore size distribution spanning roughly 60μ100 nm, sizes previously unattainable through related techniques.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)1676-1677
Number of pages2
JournalJournal of the American Chemical Society
Volume131
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 11 2009

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