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  • The research explores a new method combining high energy ball milling and liquid crystal templating to create superparamagnetic materials similar to MCM41.
  • The resulting materials exhibit high specific surface areas (625-720 m²/g) and substantial mesopore volumes (1-0.7 cm³/g) while effectively maintaining their mesoporous structure after adding magnetic components.
  • All samples demonstrated superparamagnetic properties, suggesting successful integration of the two synthesis techniques while avoiding limitations seen in traditional methods.

Article Abstract

The physico-chemical investigation of superparamagnetic MCM41 like materials prepared by the novel combination of high energy ball milling and a liquid crystal templating method is presented. Structural, morphological, textural, thermal, and preliminary magnetic characterization demonstrated the successful combination of the two synthesis techniques, avoiding the problems associated with the current methods used for the preparation of magnetic ordered mesoporous silica. MCM41 like materials with high specific surface area values (625-720 m g) and high mesopore volumes in the range 1-0.7 cm g were obtained. The ordered mesoporous structure and accessible pores were maintained after the inclusion of increasing amounts of the magnetic component in the silica structure. All the samples showed superparamagnetic behaviour.

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