Carbon Nanotube Templated Growth of Mesoporous Zeolite Single Crystals

Iver Schmidt, Astrid Boisen, Ester Gustavsson, Kenny Ståhl, Søren Pehrson, Søren Dahl, Anna Carlsson, Claus J. H. Jacobsen

Chemistry of Materials · 2001 · 463 citations · 18 references

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Abstract

Carbon nanotubes are shown to be useful materials for introduction of nanopores with a controlled diameter into zeolite single crystals. The intracrystalline nanopores are created by crystallization of the zeolite around the carbon nanotubes that are subsequently removed by combustion.

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