Heteropolyacids aided rapid and convenient syntheses of highly ordered MCM-41 and MCM-48: exploring the accelerated process by 29Si MAS NMR and powder X-ray diffraction studiesElectronic supplementary information (ESI) available: powder XRD patterns and instrumentation details. See http://www.rsc.org/suppdata/cc/b2/b206482k/

Abstract

A rapid and convenient route is described for the synthesis of mesoporous MCM-41 and MCM-48 materials using heteropolyacids as novel promoters, and a probable mechanism for the rapid nucleation is proposed based on HSAB theory.