Abstract
Using sodium silicate as precursor, rod-like mesoporous silica with hexagonal appearance was synthesized by controlling the pH value of a mixed micelles solution of cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) and cetyltrimethylammonium chloride (CTAC) during hydrolysis of ethyl acetate. The resulting mesoporous silica was characterized by small angle X-ray diffraction, nitrogen gas adsorption-desorption measurement and scanning electron microscopy. Results showed that the regular rod-like shapes with hexagonal appearance were obtained at a 9:1 molar ratio of CTAB to CTAC, and that the amounts and lengths of the rod-like mesoporous silica particles decreased with decreasing CTAB to CTAC molar ratio. There existed a type IV adsorption isotherm and an H1 hysteresis loop in N2 gas adsorption-desorption curves.
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