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The preparation of highly ordered long-range lamellar silica structure with large interlayer spacings
An-Wu Xu, *
†
Jimmy. C. Yu,
‡
Yue-Peng Cai,
†
Hua-Xin Zhang
†
and Li-Zhi
Zhang
‡
†
School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Zhongshan University,
Guangzhou 510275, China
‡
Department of Chemistry, The Chinese University of Hong kong, Shatin,
New Territories, China
Correspondence Author: A. W. Xu ( cedc17@zsu.edu.cn
)
Fig. S1 Powder X-ray diffraction pattern (XRD) of the as-synthesized ZSU-L powders templated from silicone surfactant in acidic media.

0 1 2 3
2  / degrees
4 5
Fig. S2 Nitrogen adsorption-desorption isotherms for the ZSU-L powders calcined at
600 o C for 5 h. Inset, Corresponding Barret-Joyner-Halenda (BJH) pore size distribution curve. N
2
adsorption measurements were performed at 77 K using a
Micromeritics ASAP 2010 system utilizing Barrett-Emmett-Teller (BET) calculations for surface area and BJH calculations for pore size distribution for the desorption branch of the isotherm.
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100
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60
0.015
0.010
0.005
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20
0.000
1 10 100 1000
Pore Diameter in Angstrom
0
0.0
0.2
0.4
0.6
0.8
Relative pressure (P/P
0
)
1.0
Fig. S3 Scanning electron micrographs (SEM) of the calcined ZSU-L powders. The samples were sputter coated with gold and examined with a Hitachi S-520 operated at beam energy of 20.0 kV. Calcination treatments were performed at 800 o
C for 5 h in air (heating rate, 1 o
C min

1
). Scale bar : 8
 m.