The use of acidic task-specific ionic liquids in the formation of high surface area mesoporous silica

…, L Costanzo, AF Masters, T Maschmeyer

Index: Pujari, Ajit A.; Chadbourne, Jessica J.; Ward, Antony J.; Costanzo, Lorenzo; Masters, Anthony F.; Maschmeyer, Thomas New Journal of Chemistry, 2009 , vol. 33, # 10 p. 1997 - 2000

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Abstract

The acidic ionic liquids 1-alkyl-3-methylimidazolium hydrogen sulfate [CnMIM] HSO4 (n= 8, 10, 12, 16) were synthesised using a one-pot method and then used as new acidic templates to generate high surface area ordered mesoporous silicas (> 1000 m2 g− 1) using a one-step synthetic route.