A general "surface-locking" approach toward fast assembly and processing of large-sized, ordered, mesoporous carbon microspheres

Zhangxiong Wu; Winston Duo Wu; Wenjie Liu; Cordelia Selomulya; Xiao Dong Chen; Dongyuan Zhao

doi:10.1002/anie.201307608

A general "surface-locking" approach toward fast assembly and processing of large-sized, ordered, mesoporous carbon microspheres

Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2013 Dec 16;52(51):13764-8. doi: 10.1002/anie.201307608. Epub 2013 Nov 12.

Authors

Zhangxiong Wu¹, Winston Duo Wu, Wenjie Liu, Cordelia Selomulya, Xiao Dong Chen, Dongyuan Zhao

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemical Engineering, Monash University, Wellington Road, Clayton, VIC 3800 (Australia).

PMID: 24222382
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201307608

Abstract

Drying to meet you: Using microfluidic jet spray drying technology in conjunction with the evaporation-induced self-assembly strategy gives fast assembly (2 s) of mesoporous carbon microspheres. The key feature of the drying is the formation of a rigid silica crust which locks the particle size and shape.

Keywords: carbon microspheres; interfacial assembly; mesoporous materials; microfluidics; spray drying.