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Surface Properties of Synthesized Nanoporous Carbon and Silica Matrices
Published on: March 27, 2019
Synthesis of monolithic meso-macroporous silica and carbon with tunable pore size
Ara Kim1, Robert Black, Yong Jae Hyun
1University of Waterloo and Waterloo Institute of Nanotechnology, 200 University Av. West, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada.
Abstract:
Monolithic porous silica and carbon structures have been obtained by the synthesis of silica inside the aqueous phase of a sponge-like Swollen Liquid Crystal, and the parallel preparation of carbon replica.

