Synthesis and Characterization of Nanoporous Carbon

Christopher Z. Jost
Department of Physics and Astronomy
University of Missouri - St. Louis
Adviser: Dr. Eric Majzoub

Abstract
 A method for the construction of highly-ordered, nanoporous carbon was adopted. The method utilized evaporation induced self-assembly of amphiphilic triblock copolymers in a phenolic resin carbon precursor. A variety of pore sizes with diameters around 4 nm were obtained and a representative subset is presented here. The material is characterized with Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) and gas adsorption isotherms. TEM image simulation was done for a variety of focus settings in attempt to offer constraints on size measurements made on real images.
Christopher Jost is finishing his last semester in pursuit of a Master of Science in Physics at the Univeristy of Missouri-St. Louis. Originally from Troy, Missouri, he currently resides in St. Louis.
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