Figure 1.
(a) TEM image of HCl-C12GA hydrogel (Pt-shadowing) formed in aqueous acidic medium (HCl vapors); (b–d) SEM images of H3PO4-C12GA hydrogel in aqueous NaH2PO4 medium (lyophilized xerogel). The inset in (d) shows a representative EDX spectrum of the NaH2PO4-containing C12GA xerogel (average P/Na molar ratio = 1.19 ± 0.07).