Nanoscale pores introduced into paper via mesoporous silica coatings using sol–gel chemistry

• DOI: 10.1039/d3nr01247f
• Publication Date: 2023-05-02T13:18:10Z
• Authors: J. J. Mikolei; D. Richter; R. Pardehkhorram; C. Helbrecht; S. Schabel; T. Meckel; M. Biesalski; M. Ceolin; A. Andrieu-Brunsen
• Keywords: paper; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.4; sol-gel; nanoscale; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; pore

.In addition to solvent evaporation and critical micellar concentration, we show the capillary transport velocity to be a crucial factor for mesopore formation in paper using sol-gel chemistry. Pores are generated at the fiber inner and outer surface.