@article{2055fecfe4964a1799ccc7a484bc7126,
title = "Esterification of the Silanol Groups in the Mesoporous Silica Derived from Kanemite",
abstract = "Silanol groups in the mesoporous silica derived from a layered silicate, kanemite (NaHSi2O5 · 3H2O), were esterified with alcohols (CnH2n+1OH; n = 2, 4, and 8). Most of the silanol groups in the mesopores were modified with ethanol though some silanol groups remained after the reactions with 1-dutanol and 1-octanol. With the increase in the alkyl chain lengths of the alcohols, the pore sizes of the esterified products decreased and the hydrophobicity increased.",
keywords = "Esterification, Hydrophobicity, Mesoporous silica, Pore size, Silanol group",
author = "Tatsuo Kimura and Kazuo Kuroda and Yoshiyuki Sugahara and Kazuyuki Kuroda",
note = "Funding Information: K.K. acknowledges the financial assistance from Grant-in-Aid for the Special Priority Area by the Ministry of Education, Science, and Culture of the Japanese Government. The authors acknowledge Mr. H. Hata (Dept. of Appl. Chem., Waseda Univ.) for his nitrogen and water adsorption measurements.",
year = "1998",
doi = "10.1023/A:1009641304742",
language = "English",
volume = "5",
pages = "127--132",
journal = "Journal of Porous Materials",
issn = "1380-2224",
publisher = "Springer Netherlands",
number = "2",
}