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Preparation of Functional Silica Using a Bioinspired Method
Published on: August 1, 2018
Template-free synthesis of silica ellipsoids
Henan Zhang1, Teresa J Bandosz, Daniel L Akins
1Department of Chemistry, The City College of The City University of New York, New York, NY 10031, USA.
Abstract:
We have created ellipsoidal or spherical morphologies of silica particles in a template-free scheme that involves controlling surface tension forces through selected volume ratios of a water/oil micellar system.

