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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 20, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 01, 2007
Hugh W. Hillhouse, West Lafayette, IN (US);
Vikrant N. Urade, Karnataka, IN;
Ta-chen Wei, Newark, DE (US);
Michael P. Tate, Lafayette, IN (US);
Hugh W. Hillhouse, West Lafayette, IN (US);
Vikrant N. Urade, Karnataka, IN;
Ta-Chen Wei, Newark, DE (US);
Michael P. Tate, Lafayette, IN (US);
Purdue Research Foundation, West Lafayette, IN (US);
Abstract
A method of forming a nanoporous film is disclosed. The method comprises forming a coating solution including clusters, surfactant molecules, a solvent, and one of an acid catalyst and a base catalyst. The clusters comprise inorganic groups. The method further comprises aging the coating solution for a time period to select a predetermined phase that will self-assemble and applying the coating solution on a substrate. The method further comprises evaporating the solvent from the coating solution and removing the surfactant molecules to yield the nanoporous film.