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Surface Properties of Synthesized Nanoporous Carbon and Silica Matrices
Published on: March 27, 2019
Characterization of latex particle arrays by gas adsorption
M C Carbajo1, E Climent, E Enciso
1Departamento de Química Inorgánica I, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Ciudad Universitaria, 28040 Madrid, Spain.
Abstract:
Assemblies of colloidal particles are frequently used in novel applications, and this requires nondestructive methods allowing overall characterization of the sample and collection of information about the quality of the arrays. From suspensions of polystyrene, poly[styrene-co-(2-hydroxyethylmethacrylate)], poly[styrene-co-acrylic acid], and poly[styrene-co-methacrylic acid], assemblies of spherical particles were obtained by elimination of the solvent in different ways-evaporation, gravity deposition, and filtration. These latex particle packings were characterized by scanning and transmission electron microscopy and by gas adsorption to determine the efficiency of packing. The surface area, total pore volume, and pore size distributions obtained from the adsorption and desorption data were related to characteristic parameters calculated for cubic close-packed spherical particles.
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