Thermal Stability of Structurally Controlled Lamellae and Hexagonal Mesoporous Silicate Thin Films

ABSTRACTThin films of mesoporous materials have been synthesized recently as lamellar, one dimensional hexagonal and cubic structures at substrate surfaces as well as at air/liquid interfaces. The present work investigates thermally induced structural changes of lamellar and one-dimensional hexagonal(1-dH) mesostructured silicate thin films, which is less known at the moment. The 1-dH films proved to be much more thermally stable than the lamellar ones; Open-pore one dimensionalhexagonalmesoporous thin films are obtained by the calcination of the films, where as the lamellarphase has collapsed after the surfactants removal.