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Preparation of Silica Nanoparticles Through Microwave-assisted Acid-catalysis
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Catalytic growth of silica nanoparticles in controlled shapes at planar liquid/liquid interfaces
Nurxat Nuraje1, Kai Su2, Hiroshi Matsui1
1Department of Chemistry, City University of New York, Hunter College and The Graduate Center, 695 Park Ave, New York, NY 10065, USA. hmatsui@hunter.cuny.edu; ; Tel: +1 (212) 650 3918.
New Journal of Chemistry = Nouveau Journal De Chimie
|October 2, 2019
Abstract:
The shape of silica nanoparticles is controlled when they are synthesized at liquid/liquid interfaces; the combination of organic and aqueous phases that form the interface can change the shape of silica into a triangle, cube, or rod.
