Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles with Controllable Morphology Prepared from Oil-in-Water Emulsions
Artikel i vetenskaplig tidskrift, 2016

Mesoporous silica nanoparticles are an important class of materials with a wide range of applications. This paper presents a simple protocol for synthesis of particles as small as 40 nm and with a pore size that can be as large as 9 nm. Reaction conditions including type of surfactant, type of catalyst and presence of organic polymer were investigated in order to optimize the synthesis. An important aim of the work was to understand the mechanism behind the formation of these unusual structures and an explanation based on silica condensation in the small aqueous microemulsion droplets that are present inside the drops of an oil-in-water emulsion is put forward.

Nanoparticle

Surfactant

Microemulsion

Emulsion

Mesoporous silica

Författare

Hanna Gustafsson

Chalmers, Kemi och kemiteknik, Tillämpad kemi

Chalmers, Fysik, Biologisk fysik

Simon Isaksson

Chalmers, Kemi och kemiteknik, Tillämpad kemi

Annika Altskär

SP Food and Bioscience

Krister Holmberg

Chalmers, Kemi och kemiteknik, Tillämpad kemi

Journal of Colloid and Interface Science

0021-9797 (ISSN) 1095-7103 (eISSN)

Vol. 467 253-260

Ämneskategorier

Annan kemiteknik

Annan kemi

Kemi

Styrkeområden

Materialvetenskap

DOI

10.1016/j.jcis.2016.01.026

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