Table 2.
Preliminary experimental elements and summary.
| Sample | CTAB (g) |
TEOS (mL) |
2 N NaOH (mL) |
Particle Size (nm) |
Structure Ordering |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F1 | 0.125 | 5.00 | 3.50 | - | △ |
| F2 | 0.250 | 5.00 | 3.50 | 95.7 ± 1.0 | ○ |
| F3 | 0.500 | 5.00 | 3.50 | 96.1 ± 4.4 | ○ |
| F4 | 1.000 | 5.00 | 3.50 | 114.5 ± 8.6 | ○ |
| F5 | 1.500 | 5.00 | 3.50 | 335 ± 128.8 | ○ |
| F6 | 0.500 | 1.25 | 3.50 | - | X |
| F7 | 0.500 | 2.50 | 3.50 | - | X |
| F8 | 0.500 | 10.00 | 3.50 | 124.6 ± 13.5 | ○ |
| F9 | 0.500 | 15.00 | 3.50 | - | △ |
| F10 | 0.500 | 5.00 | 0.88 | - | X |
| F11 | 0.500 | 5.00 | 1.75 | 49.7 ± 2.7 | ○ |
| F12 | 0.500 | 5.00 | 7.00 | 128.5 ± 10.1 | ○ |
| F13 | 0.500 | 5.00 | 10.50 | - | △ |
The notation of structural ordering is as follows: ○, good structural ordering; Δ, poor structural ordering; X, no structural ordering. In the case of F6, F7, and F10, samples were not generated and, thus, could not be measured for particle size analysis and SAXRD. Values are expressed as means ± SD (n = 3).