Royal Society of Chemistry, New Journal of Chemistry, 10(33), p. 1997
DOI: 10.1039/b907077j
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The acidic ionic liquids 1-alkyl-3-methylimidazolium hydrogen sulfate [CnMIM]HSO4 (n = 8, 10, 12, 16) were synthesised using a one-pot method and then used as new acidic templates to generate high surface area ordered mesoporous silicas (>1000 m 2 g -1) using a one-step synthetic route.