Facile and Scalable Synthesis of Monodispersed Spherical Capsules with a Mesoporous Shell
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Qi, GenggengWang, Yanbing
Estevez, Luis
Switzer, Abigail K.
Duan, Xiaonan
Yang, Xuefei
Giannelis, Emmanuel P.
KAUST Grant Number
KUS-C1-018-02Date
2010-05-11
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Monodispersed HMSs with tunable particle size and shell thickness were successfully synthesized using relatively concentrated polystyrene latex templates and a silica precursor in a weakly basic ethanol/water mixture. The particle size of the capsules can vary from 100 nm to micrometers. These highly engineered monodispersed capsules synthesized by a facile and scalable process may find applications in drug delivery, catalysis, separationm or as biological and chemical microreactors. © 2010 American Chemical Society.Citation
Qi G, Wang Y, Estevez L, Switzer AK, Duan X, et al. (2010) Facile and Scalable Synthesis of Monodispersed Spherical Capsules with a Mesoporous Shell. Chem Mater 22: 2693–2695. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/cm100174e.Sponsors
The authors thank Mrs. Nkechi Anako for help with the BET measurement. This publication was based on work supported by Award KUS-C1-018-02 made by King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST).Publisher
American Chemical Society (ACS)Journal
Chemistry of MaterialsISSN
0897-47561520-5002
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http://hdl.handle.net/10754/598305ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1021/cm100174e