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Preparation of Functional Silica Using a Bioinspired Method
Published on: August 1, 2018
Steric hindrance induced synthesis of monodispersed hollow silica by an in situ generated template approach
Yangjin Wei1,2,3, Yeqiu Zhao1,2,3, Lichun Chen1,2,3
1School of Metallurgy and Environment, Central South University, Changsha, 410083, China. atomic_liyuan@yeah.net.
Chemical Communications (Cambridge, England)
|August 12, 2026
Abstract:
A rational Victoria pure blue (VPB)-based in situ generated template regulatory strategy was reported for synthesizing monodispersed hollow silica (mhSiO2), utilizing fluosilicic acid (FSA) as the silicon source and polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) as a dispersant. The steric stabilization provided by PVP prevents the aggregation of VPB templates, thereby enabling the precise structural modulation of mhSiO2.
