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Three-dimensionally ordered silica structures containing both mesopores and macropores are created using polystyrene coacervate spheres with a diameter of ca. 146 nm. The close-packed polystyrene coacervate spheres are intercalated with tetraethyl orthosilicate. The spheres are removed by calcination leaving an inverse silica replica with a spherical macropore cavity diameter of ∼110 nm. Due to the nature of these porous structures, pores leading into the macropore cavity are in the mesopore regime, ∼40 nm in diameter. The nitrogen adsorption data described in the following paper gives a pore size for both the macropore cavity and the mesopore openings leading into the cavity. The pore sizes as determined by nitrogen sorption are in good agreement with the pore sizes observed by scanning electron microscopy. Mercury intrusion porosimetry results confirm the size of the mesopore openings leading into the macropore cavity, however due to destruction of the sample upon intrusion, extrusion results can not be obtained to determine main cavity diameters. As a result, nitrogen sorption may be a viable option for determining pore sizes with these three-dimensionally ordered materials containing both mesopores and macropores.
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Holland, B. Determination of Both Mesopores and Macropores in Three-Dimensional Ordered Porous Materials by Nitrogen Adsorption. Journal of Porous Materials 10, 17–22 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1024027213122
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