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Synthetic Imogolite Paracrystals

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 February 2011

Jeffrey C. Huling ,
C. Jeffrey Brinker ,
William C. Ackerman ,
Douglas M. Smith ,
Joseph K. Bailey  and
Janos Farkas
Jeffrey C. Huling
Affiliation:
UNM/NSF Center for Micro-Engineered Ceramics, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131
C. Jeffrey Brinker
Affiliation:
UNM/NSF Center for Micro-Engineered Ceramics, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131 Sandia National Laboratories, Ceramic Synthesis and Inorganic Chemistry Department, Albuquerque, NM 87185
William C. Ackerman
Affiliation:
UNM/NSF Center for Micro-Engineered Ceramics, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131
Douglas M. Smith
Affiliation:
UNM/NSF Center for Micro-Engineered Ceramics, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131
Joseph K. Bailey
Affiliation:
Sandia National Laboratories, Ceramic Synthesis and Inorganic Chemistry Department, Albuquerque, NM 87185
Janos Farkas
Affiliation:
UNM/NSF Center for Micro-Engineered Ceramics, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131
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Abstract

Imogolite is a structurally microporous tubular clay comprising one-dimensional pore channels that are ∼1 nm in diameter. In addition to its novel tubular morphology, a notable structural characteristic of imogolite is its occurrence in paracrystalline tube bundles in which the individual tubes are close-packed with their axes in parallel alignment. We have developed a technique that aligns and tightly packs the tube bundles over macroscopic dimensions, in a manner analogous to the alignment and packing of the individual imogolite tubes within the bundles. This extends the range of imogolite paracrystallinity, effectively eliminating mesoporosity and nontubular phases.

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Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 286: Symposium J – Nanophase and Nanocomposite Materials , 1992 , 39
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1993

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