Effect of Micropore Topology on the Structure and Properties of Zeolite Polymer Replicas Stacy A. Johnson, Elaine S. Brigham,† Patricia J. Ollivier, and Thomas E. Mallouk* Department of Chemistry, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802 Received May 7, 1997. Revised Manuscript Received September 10, 1997X
Zeolites were used as templates to prepare microporous polymer replicas. Phenolformaldehyde polymers were synthesized and cured within the channel networks of zeolites Y, β, and L. Dissolution of the aluminosilicate framework in aqueous HF yields an organic replica that contains