Assembly of large area crack free clay porous films. Issue 2 (3rd January 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Huang, Xiayun; Ivanova, Nina; Strzelec, Andrea; Zacharia, Nicole S.
• Is Part Of: RSC advances. Volume 8:Issue 2(2018)
• Page Start: 1001
• Page End: 1004
• Publication Date: 2018-01-03
• Subjects: Chemistry -- Periodicals; 540.5
• DOI: 10.1039/c7ra11969k
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2046-2069

Abstract

Abstract : A method for making inverse opal-like porous clay films that are crack-free over a large area (on the scale of square centimeters). Abstract : Porous materials with well-defined porosity have advantages in a wide range of applications, including filtration media, catalysis, and electrodes. The bottom-up fabrication of inverse opals have promised to provide those nanostructures, but fabrication of these materials is often plagued with large numbers of defects and macro-scale cracks. Here, we present a method for making nanostructured porous clay films with well defined pore size that are crack free over a large area (multiple cm 2 ).