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Effect of surfactants on the formation of onion-like mesoporous materials and their adsorption properties

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To reduce the toxicity of mesoporous materials in the process of preparation and improve its order, onion-like mesoporous silica was successfully assembled through hydrothermal synthesis, using tetraethoxysilane as silica source, P123 surfactant as template, and environment-friendly span80 as auxiliary agent in aqueous media at different mass ratios (span80/P123 = 10, 15, 20, 25 and 30 %). Multiple characterization technologies such as FT-IR, SEM, TEM and N2 isothermal adsorption–desorption suggested that the onion-like mesoporous materials could be formed when the mass ratios of span80/P123 = 10, 15, 20, 25 %. When the mass ratio of span80/P123 reached 30 %, the material was with foam morphology. The adsorption experiments showed that all samples exhibited high ability to absorb methylene blue (MB). Our success in synthesizing the onion-like mesoporous materials using environment-friendly agent could provide a new route to the morphology control of mesoporous materials.

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We thank Prof. Qichun Zhang for his helpful comments on the manuscript. Thanks to the National Natural Science Foundation of China (51203127), the Hubei Provincial Department of Education (20121509), Wuhan Science and Technology Bureau (201050231049), the Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Process (GCP201003).

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    Xianglin Yu, Biyu Zhang, Cong Rao, Yuan He, Xiaojiao Chen & Junbo Li

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Yu, X., Zhang, B., Rao, C. et al. Effect of surfactants on the formation of onion-like mesoporous materials and their adsorption properties. J Porous Mater 23, 1075–1083 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10934-016-0165-4

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