Danks, A.
, Hollamby, M.
, Hammouda, B.
, Fletcher, D.
, Johnston-Banks, F.
, Rogers, S.
and Schnepp, Z.
(2017),
Mechanistic Insights into the Formation of Porous Carbons from Gelatin, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=922396
(Accessed October 14, 2025)
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Mechanistic Insights into the Formation of Porous Carbons from Gelatin
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A. E. Danks, M. J. Hollamby, , D. C. Fletcher, F. Johnston-Banks, S. E. Rogers, Z. Schnepp
Abstract
Porous carbons are important for many applications. The biopolymer gelatin provides a simple route to functional carbon foams with77 multimodal porosity. In this paper, small angle neutron scattering is applied alongside other techniques to elucidate the mechanism of formation of these foams. Analysis of the data demonstrates that combinations of different metal nitrates can be used to control foam macrostructure. Synergistic interaction of metal ions with the gelatin polypeptide changes the viscoelastic and thus controls foam formation.Citation
Journal of Materials Chemistry A
Volume
5
Issue
23
Pub Type
Journals
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Keywords
gelatin , porous carbons , small-angle neutron scattering , catalyst
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Created April 30, 2017, Updated October 12, 2021