Himansu S. Biswal, Gemma C. Solomon, Joan-Emma Shea, Gregory D. Scholes
{"title":"The Seasons of a Career in Physical Chemistry: Himansu S. Biswal","authors":"Himansu S. Biswal, Gemma C. Solomon, Joan-Emma Shea, Gregory D. Scholes","doi":"10.1021/acs.jpclett.6c03274","DOIUrl":"10.1021/acs.jpclett.6c03274","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":62,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters","volume":"17 41","pages":"11705–11710"},"PeriodicalIF":4.5,"publicationDate":"2026-10-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149173228","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Cansu Akkaya,Julian Oberdisse,Johan G. Alauzun,Thomas Bizien,Peter Hesemann,Anne-Caroline Genix
{"title":"Reimpregnation\u0000of Disordered Mesopores by Ionic Liquids","authors":"Cansu Akkaya,Julian Oberdisse,Johan G. Alauzun,Thomas Bizien,Peter Hesemann,Anne-Caroline Genix","doi":"10.1021/acs.jpclett.6c02466","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.6c02466","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The reimpregnation, i.e., replacement of the soft-templating ionic liquid (IL, BMIM-TFSI) that forms the porosity during the synthesis of disordered mesoporous silica-based (ionosilica) materials, has been studied by an original combination of small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS), thermogravimetric analysis, and nitrogen sorption. The architecture of the mesoporous scaffold was identified by SAXS after IL extraction using ethanol. Subsequently, the same ionic liquid, or IL-ethanol mixtures, were reintroduced into the ionosilica after a vacuum treatment, allowing controlled IL filling up to total reimpregnation of the mesopores. By confronting SAXS, where the intensity is a direct function of the degree of filling, with BET giving access to filling-dependent mesopore surface areas, a striking convergence of results shows that macroscopic and microscopic techniques target the same physical characteristics. In particular, the mesopores are shown to fill in a controlled way, one after the other, up to high degrees of filling.","PeriodicalId":62,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters","volume":"12 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":6.475,"publicationDate":"2026-10-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149209834","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}