Concepedia

Synthesis of silica nanotubes from kaolin clay

Wenjun Dong, Wenjiang Li, Kaifeng Yu, Kadiyam Rama Krishna, Lizhu Song, Xiaofeng Wang, Zichen Wang, Marc‐Olivier Coppens, Shouhua Feng

Chemical Communications · 2003 · 24 citations · 16 references

Concepts

Materials ScienceMolecular SieveChemical EngineeringSilica NanotubesEngineeringClay MineralNanomaterialsKaolin ClayPowder SynthesisChemistrySurfactant IntercalationNanocompositeMineral ProcessingSol-gel SynthesisSurfactant Solution

Abstract

Silica nanotubes were synthesized from kaolin clay using surfactant intercalation, sulfuric acid and hydrothermal treatments.

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