文摘
The effect of solvent used during the synthesis and postsynthesis treatment on textural properties oforganized mesoporous aluminas was investigated and related to the behavior of spin probes studied byelectron spin resonance (ESR) spectroscopy. It was found that the structure of surfactant aggregatesserving in the as-synthesized precipitates as templates could be easily modified by treatment with differentsolvents. This treatment induces corresponding variations in surface areas, mesopore volumes, and mesoporediameters of the final products. The ESR spectrum of 5-doxyl stearic acid spin probe properly reflects thechanges in template structure based on changes of the solvent used and represents an early indicator ofthe corresponding textural modifications of the mesoporous alumina.