Stabilization of Mesoporous Molecular Sieves by Trimethylsilylation

Keiko A. Koyano, Takashi Tatsumi, Yoshinori Tanaka, Shinichi Nakata

The Journal of Physical Chemistry B · 1997 · 291 citations · 17 references

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Abstract

The stability of Si-MCM-48 to moisture and compression can be improved by trimethylsilylation, as a result of the increase in hydrophobicity. Moreover, the stability is retained after calcination, although the calcined material is no longer hydrophobic. This stabilizing effect was also observed for Si-MCM-41 and Ti-MCM-41.

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