High surface area morphology

The sensor substrates can easily be incorporated into pre-existing deposition equipment (Fig. 13.15a). This technique has led to the production of fibrous growth and high surface area morphologies (Fig. 13.15b). This... 

Remediation with plants requires that the contaminants be in contact with the root zone of the plants. Therefore, root morphology and depth directly affect the depth of soil that can be remediated or the depth of groundwater that can be influenced. A fibrous root system such as that found in grasses has numerous fine roots spread throughout the soil and provides maximum contact with the soil because of the high surface area of the roots. A tap root system (such as in alfalfa) is dominated... 

Biocides are naturally toxic to lower organisms and therefore must be handled with care. Strict government rules control the sale and use of biocides, especially those used in food contact applications. They are added at the fabrication stage. The morphology of the polymer article is important, e.g., high surface area articles, such as foams, biodegrade more rapidly. 

Dispersion of POMs onto inert solid supports with high surface areas is very important for catalytic application because the surface areas of unsupported POMs are usually very low (—10 m2g). Another advantage of dispersion of POMs onto inert supports is improvement of the stability. Therefore, immobilization of POMs on a number of supports has been extensively studied. Silica and active carbon are the representative supports [25], Basic supports such as MgO tend to decompose POMs [101-104], Certain kinds of active carbons firmly entrap POMs [105,106], The maximum loading level of POMs on active carbons is 14 wt% [107], Dispersion of POMs onto other supports such as zeolites, mesoporous molecular sieves, and apatites, is of considerable interest because of their high surface areas, unique pore systems, and possibility to modify their compositions, morphologies, and sorption properties. However, a simple impregnation of POM compounds on inert supports often results in leaching of POMs. 

Crystallisation of isotactic PP from homogeneous solution in supercritical propane yielded open-cell foams of high surface area. Their morphology usually consisted of microspheres with a dense core and a porous periphery... 

In this paper, we report the synthesis of mesoporous silica and alumina spheres with nanometer size (80 to 900 nm) in the present of organic solvent with aqueous ammonia as the morphological catalyst to control the hydrolysis of tetraethyl orthosilicate (TEOS) and aluminum tri-sec-butoxide.1181 Mesoporous silica spheres show hexagonal arranged pores with monodispersed pore sizes ( 2.4 nm) and high surface areas ( 1020 m2/g) similar to MCM-41. A large pore ( 10 nm) mesoporous alumina sphere templated by triblock copolymer is thermally stable. Calcined alumina sphere shows disordered mesoporous arrays with relatively uniformed pore size distribution and high surface areas ( 360 m2/g). 

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