Mesoporous Ordered Silica Films: From Self-Assembly to Order

Preface
Contents
1 Mesoporous Materials and Self-assembly
	References
2 The Chemical-Physical Processes Behind Self-assembly
	2.1 The Thermodynamics of Self-assembly
	2.2 The Formation Pathway
		2.2.1 Cooperative Self-assembly Pathway
		2.2.2 Liquid Crystal Templating Pathway
		2.2.3 True Liquid Crystal Templating
	2.3 The Kinetics
		2.3.1 Controlling the Kinetics in Silica Systems
	2.4 Interaction at the Interface
	2.5 Surfactants and Micelle Templating Agents
		2.5.1 Low Molecular Weight Charged Surfactants
		2.5.2 Mesostructures Templated by Amphiphilic Block Copolymers
	2.6 Self-assembly of Block Copolymers
	2.7 Self-assembled Micelles
		2.7.1 The Packing Factor
		2.7.2 The Effect of Solvent and Cosolvent
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3 The Sol–Gel Chemistry of Silicon for Self-assembly
	3.1 Sol–Gel Chemistry for Self-assembly
		3.1.1 Silica Hydrolysis and Condensation
		3.1.2 Effect of Aging
		3.1.3 Sol-Aging and Cyclization of Silica
	3.2 Interfacial Curvature
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4 Evaporation Induced Self-assembly
	4.1 A General Overview of Evaporation Induced Self-assembly
	4.2 Tunable Steady State
	4.3 What Type of Structure
		4.3.1 2D Mesostructures
		4.3.2 3D Mesostructures
		4.3.3 Tricontinuous 3D Architectures
	4.4 Mesophase Transition During Processing
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5 Peering into Evaporation During Self-assembly
	5.1 Evaporation of Water and Ethanol
	5.2 Sol–Gel Reactions in a Silica Film During Evaporation
	5.3 Micellization During EISA
	5.4 Evaporation Kinetics During Self-assembly
	5.5 Simultaneous Time-Resolved In-Situ Analysis
	5.6 Evaporation and Processing Conditions
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6 From Defects to Controlled Alignments
	6.1 Point Defects
	6.2 Linear Defects
		6.2.1 Disclinations
		6.2.2 Dislocations
	6.3 Planar Defects, “Polycrystalline-Monocrystalline” Mesostructures
	6.4 Orienting the Mesostructure
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