Facile synthesis of hollow silica spheres with nanoholes

Xuecheng Chen, Karolina Wilgosz, Krzysztof Cendrowski, Tao Tang, Paul K. Chu, Ryszard J. Kalenczuk, Ewa Mijowska

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    Abstract

    The synthesis of designed nanostructures is an ultimate target of nanomaterial science. Here, silica spheres with nanoholes have been selectively prepared. Coating the necklace-like structured and magnetic nanoparticles along carbon nanotubes, which is an essential step of the simple synthetic procedure of silica hollow spheres, led to the formation of silica hollow spheres with controllable sized nanoholes in their shell walls. The synthesized hollow spheres with nanoholes would be a good support for loading large molecules, e.g. drugs and proteins. © 2013 The Royal Society of Chemistry.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)6381-6385
    JournalDalton Transactions
    Volume42
    Issue number18
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2013

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