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Title: Method for making surfactant-templated thin films

Abstract

An evaporation-induced self-assembly method to prepare a porous, surfactant-templated, thin film by mixing a silica sol, a solvent, a surfactant, and an interstitial compound, evaporating a portion of the solvent to form a liquid, crystalline thin film mesophase material, and then removal of the surfactant template. Coating onto a substrate produces a thin film with the interstitial compound either covalently bonded to the internal surfaces of the ordered or disordered mesostructure framework or physically entrapped within the ordered or disordered mesostructured framework. Particles can be formed by aerosol processing or spray drying rather than coating onto a substrate. The selection of the interstitial compound provides a means for developing thin films for applications including membranes, sensors, low dielectric constant films, photonic materials and optical hosts.

Inventors:
 [1];  [2];  [1]
  1. Albuquerque, NM
  2. San Jose, CA
Issue Date:
Research Org.:
Sandia National Laboratories (SNL), Albuquerque, NM, and Livermore, CA (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
874427
Patent Number(s):
6387453
Assignee:
Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, NM)
Patent Classifications (CPCs):
B - PERFORMING OPERATIONS B82 - NANOTECHNOLOGY B82Y - SPECIFIC USES OR APPLICATIONS OF NANOSTRUCTURES
DOE Contract Number:  
AC04-94AL85000
Resource Type:
Patent
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
method; surfactant-templated; films; evaporation-induced; self-assembly; prepare; porous; film; mixing; silica; sol; solvent; surfactant; interstitial; compound; evaporating; portion; form; liquid; crystalline; mesophase; material; removal; template; coating; substrate; produces; covalently; bonded; internal; surfaces; disordered; mesostructure; framework; physically; entrapped; mesostructured; particles; formed; aerosol; processing; spray; drying; selection; provides; means; developing; applications; including; membranes; sensors; dielectric; constant; photonic; materials; optical; hosts; phase material; silica sol; /427/

Citation Formats

Brinker, C Jeffrey, Lu, Yunfeng, and Fan, Hongyou. Method for making surfactant-templated thin films. United States: N. p., 2002. Web.
Brinker, C Jeffrey, Lu, Yunfeng, & Fan, Hongyou. Method for making surfactant-templated thin films. United States.
Brinker, C Jeffrey, Lu, Yunfeng, and Fan, Hongyou. Tue . "Method for making surfactant-templated thin films". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/874427.
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