%0 Journal Article
%T Simple Preparation of Novel Metal-Containing Mesoporous Starches
%A Manuel Ojeda
%A Vitaliy Budarin
%A Peter S. Shuttleworth
%A James H. Clark
%A Antonio Pineda
%A Alina M. Balu
%A Antonio A. Romero
%A Rafael Luque
%J Materials
%D 2013
%I MDPI AG
%R 10.3390/ma6051891
%X Metal-containing mesoporous starches have been synthesized using a simple and efficient microwave-assisted methodology followed by metal impregnation in the porous gel network. Final materials exhibited surface areas >60 m 2 g £¿1, being essentially mesoporous with pore sizes in the 10¨C15 nm range with some developed inter-particular mesoporosity. These materials characterized by several techniques including XRD, SEM, TG/DTA and DRIFTs may find promising catalytic applications due to the presence of (hydr)oxides in their composition.
%K mesoporous polysaccharides
%K starch
%K Fe
%K Co
%K Cu
%U http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1944/6/5/1891