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Synthesis and Characterization of Supramolecular Colloids
Published on: April 22, 2016
Mechanism of a self-templating synthesis of monodispersed hollow silica nanospheres with tunable size and shell
Qiangbin Wang1, Yan Liu, Hao Yan
1The Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA. qiangbin.wang@asu.edu
Abstract:
This study clarifies the mechanism of the hollow structure formation in the simple self-templating preparation of monodispersed hollow silica structures; the role of the polarity of washing solvent in creating the hollow structure is emphasized.

