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Preparation of Silica Nanoparticles Through Microwave-assisted Acid-catalysis
Published on: December 16, 2013
Direct syntheses of functionalized mesostructured silica by using an inexpensive silica source
Robert J P Corriu1, Ahmad Mehdi, Catherine Reye
1Laboratoire de Chimie Moleculaire et Organisation du Solide, UMR 5637 CNRS, Universite de Montpellier II, Sciences et Techniques du Languedoc, Place E. Bataillon, F-34095 Montpellier Cedex 5, France.
Abstract:
The co-condensation of water soluble sodium silicate and different organotrialkoxysilanes in the presence of non-ionic triblock copolymers under acidic conditions provides a very convenient, general and economic one step synthesis methodology for the preparation of organically functionalised mesostructured silica.

