@article { ISI:000237835100010,
	title = {Adsorption of octadecyltrichlorosilane on mesoporous SBA-15},
	journal = {Applied Surface Science},
	volume = {252},
	number = {12},
	year = {2006},
	month = {APR},
	pages = {4097-4103},
	publisher = {ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV},
	type = {Article},
	address = {PO BOX 211, 1000 AE AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS},
	abstract = {<p>Adsorption of octadecyltrichlorosilane (OTS) on mesoporous SBA-15 has been studied by using Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) surface area analysis, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy dispersive X-ray analysis (EDAX), Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and thermo-gravimetric analysis (TGA) techniques. BET surface area analysis shows decrease of surface area from 930 to 416 m(2)/g after OTS adsorption. SEM pictures show close attachment of SBA-15 particles. EDAX measurements show increase of carbon weight percentage and decrease of oxygen and silicon weight percentage. XPS results closely support EDAX analysis. FTIR spectra shows presence of methyl (-CH3) and methylene (-CH2) bands and oriented OTS monolayer on SBA-15. Thermo-gravimetric analysis shows that the OTS adsorbed on SBA-15 are stable up to a temperature of 230 degrees C and that the OTS monolayers decompose between 230 and 400 degrees C. (c) 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.</p>},
	keywords = {Adsorption, OTS, SBA-15, Self-assembly, thermal stability},
	issn = {0169-4332},
	doi = {10.1016/j.apsusc.2005.06.009},
	author = {Mirji, S. A. and Halligudi, Shivaraj B. and Sawant, Dhanashri P. and Jacob, Nalini E. and Patil, K. R. and Gaikwad, A. B. and Pradhan, S. D.}
}
@article { ISI:000242511300022,
	title = {Adsorption of methanol on mesoporous SBA-15},
	journal = {Materials Letter},
	volume = {61},
	number = {1},
	year = {2007},
	month = {JAN},
	pages = {88-92},
	publisher = {ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV},
	type = {Article},
	address = {PO BOX 211, 1000 AE AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS},
	abstract = {<p>The adsorption of methanol onmesoporous SBA-15 has been studiedbyrising Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) surface area analysis, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy, X-ray photoclectrom spectroscopy (XPS) and tbennogravimettic analysis (TGA). The BET surface area analysis shows decreases of the surface area from 387 to 383 m(2)/g, pore volume from 0.88 to 0.81 cm(3)/g and pore diameter from 9.07 to 8.4 mm after methanol adsorption. The appearance of strong IR bands at 2862 and 2964cm(-1) due to methyl (-CH3) symmetric and asymmetric stretching demonstrate the presence of methanol and evidence of successful methanol adsorption. XPS results show increase of carbon and oxygen content on the surface of SBA-15. Thermogravirriettic analysis shows that the methanol adsorbed on SBA-15 is stable up to a temperature of 265 degrees C and that the methanol adlayers decompose between 265 and 588 degrees C. (c) 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.</p>},
	keywords = {Adsorption, Electron microscopy, Methanol, SBA-15, Surfaces, thermal stability},
	issn = {0167-577X},
	doi = {10.1016/j.matlet.2006.04.012},
	author = {Mirji, S. A. and Halligudi, Shivaraj B. and Mathew, Nevin T. and Jacob, Nalini E. and Patil, K. R. and Gaikwad, A. B.}
}
