Abstract
Transmission electron microscopy of purely siliceous and gallosilicate mesoporous molecular sieves MCM-41 shows that the neighbouring crystal edges meet at the angle of 120 degrees, thus suggesting the most likely mechanism of crystal growth. The morphology of MCM-41 alone strongly supports the liquid crystal mechanism initiated by the silicate anions, and not the mechanism involving a layered intermediate.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 117-120 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Chemical Physics Letters |
| Volume | 244 |
| Issue number | 1-2 |
| Publication status | Published - 29 Sept 1995 |