A 3D-TEM study of the shape of mesopores in SBA-15 and modified SBA-15 materialsElectronic supplementary information (ESI) available: Fig. S1: schematic view of the MCM-41 formation mechanism. Movie S2: Aligned TEM tilt series of the SBA-15 particle from Fig. 1 (sample with the lower TEOS to template ratio). Movie S3: Aligned TEM tilt series of the SBA-15 particle from Fig. 3 (sample with the higher TEOS to template ratio). See http://www.rsc.org/suppdata/cc/b2/b204943k/

Abstract
The mesopores in SBA-15 are curved on a mesoscopic length scale and even more so in the case of modified SBA-15, which implies that using the particle size of these types of materials in diffusion studies may strongly underestimate the path length relevant for intraparticle diffusion.

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