Boehmite rods
Pure boehmite rods1 L: 100-500 nm
: 30 -40%
D: ca. 10 nm
30-40%
Silica coated boehmite rods2
Allows tuning the diameter, improving its polydispersity and using the silica chemistry to modify the rods.
References
1) P.A. Buining, C. Pathmamanoharan, J.B.H. Jansen and H.N.W. Lekkerkerker, J. Am. Ceram.
Soc. 74, 1303 (1991).
2) A.P. Philipse, A.-M. Nechifor and C. Pathmamanoharan, Langmuir 10, 4451 (1994); M.P.B.
van Bruggen, Langmuir 14, 2245 (1998).