A Mesoporous Superlattice Consisting of Alternately Stacking Interstitial Nanospace within Binary Silica Colloidal Crystals

Yoshiyuki Kuroda*, Yosuke Shimbo, Yasuhiro Sakamoto, Hiroaki Wada, Kazuyuki Kuroda

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Abstract

A novel class of nonclassical structures of mesoporous silica, namely a binary nanoparticle mesoporous superlattice (BNMS), is obtained by the assembly of silica nanospheres of different sizes into a binary colloidal crystal. The colloidal crystal has a CrB-type structure and consists of alternate stacks of unary fcc and binary AlB2-type structures along the b axis and has four types of interstitial mesopores. The BNMS can be deposited on a substrate by dip coating to form an oriented thin film in which the direction of the superstructure (b axis) is perpendicular to the substrate.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)10702-10706
Number of pages5
JournalAngewandte Chemie - International Edition
Volume55
Issue number36
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2016 Aug 26
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • colloidal crystals
  • mesoporous materials
  • nanoparticles
  • silica
  • thin films

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Catalysis
  • Chemistry(all)

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