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US 7,887,778 B2Granted
Manganese oxide nanowires, films, and membranes and methods of making
AssigneeUniversity of Connecticut
InventorsSteven Lawrence Suib, Jikang Yuan
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Abstract
Nanowires, films, and membranes comprising ordered porous manganese oxide-based octahedral molecular sieves and methods of making the same are disclosed. A method for forming nanowires includes hydrothermally treating a chemical precursor composition in a hydrothermal treating solvent to form the nanowires, wherein the chemical precursor composition comprises a source of manganese cations and a source of counter cations, and wherein the nanowires comprise ordered porous manganese oxide-based octahedral molecular sieves.
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A method for forming nanowires, the method comprising:
- hydrothermally treating a chemical precursor composition in a hydrothermal treating solvent to form the nanowires, wherein the chemical precursor composition comprises a source of manganese cations and a source of counter cations, and wherein the nanowires comprise ordered porous manganese oxide-based octahedral molecular sieves;
- forming a suspension of the nanowires;
- contacting the suspension of the nanowires with a substrate at a temperature and for a time effective to self-assemble a film comprising the nanowires;
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- removing the substrate from the film to form a free standing membrane comprising the nanowires.
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