Application of thermoporometry for characterization of mesoporous silicon: In search for probe liquid aimed at large pores

Characterization of porous samples containing mesopores larger than 10 nm in size is often difficult due to limitations of standard methods. In the present work thermoporometry (TPM) was introduced to address these challenges. Various probe liquids (water, n-heptane, cyclohexane and o-xylene) were previously applied for TPM characterization of mesoporous silicon containing pores of 20–50 nm. The results, obtained with the use of calibration...