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CAS indexed 9 chemical substances from this document. CAS subject entries for this document include: Zeolites, preparation; Liquid crystals; Crystal structure.

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TITLE:	Ordered mesoporous molecular sieves synthesized by a liquid-crystal template mechanism
AUTHOR(S):	Kresge, C. T.; Leonowicz, M. E.; Roth, W. J.; Vartuli, J. C.; Beck, J. S.
CORPORATE SOURCE:	Paulsboro Res. Lab., Mobil Res. and Dev. Corp., Paulsboro, NJ, 08066, USA
SOURCE:	Nature (London, United Kingdom) (1992), 359(6397), 710-12 CODEN: NATUAS; ISSN: 0028-0836
PUBLISHER:	Nature Publishing Group
LANGUAGE:	English

ABSTRACT:
The synthesis is reported of mesoporous solids from the calcination of aluminosilicate gels in the presence of surfactants. The material possesses regular arrays of uniform channels, the dimensions of which can be tailored (16-.gtoreq.100 .ANG.) through the choice of surfactant, auxiliary chems. and reaction conditions. Possibly the formation of these materials takes place using a liq.-crystal templating mechanism, in which the silicate material forms inorg. walls between ordered surfactant micelles.

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