Mesoporous tertiary oxides via a novel amphiphilic approachBennett, N., Seddon, A. M., Hallett, J. E. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9747-9980, Kockelmann, W., Ting, V. P., Sadasivan, S., Tooze, R. P. and Hall, S. R. (2016) Mesoporous tertiary oxides via a novel amphiphilic approach. APL Materials, 4 (1). 015701. ISSN 2166-532X Full text not archived in this repository. It is advisable to refer to the publisher's version if you intend to cite from this work. See Guidance on citing. To link to this item DOI: 10.1063/1.4930808 Abstract/SummaryABSTRACT We report a facile biomimetic sol-gel synthesis using the sponge phase formed by the lipid monoolein as a structure-directing template, resulting in high phase purity, mesoporous dysprosium- and gadolinium titanates. The stability of monoolein in a 1,4-butanediol and water mixture complements the use of a simple sol-gel metal oxide synthesis route. By judicious control of the lipid/solvent concentration, the sponge phase of monoolein can be directly realised in the pyrochlore material, leading to a porous metal oxide network with an average pore diameter of 10 nm.
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