Fine control over the morphology and structure of mesoporous silica nanomaterials by a dual-templating approach.

Mesoporous silica nanomaterials with varied morphologies and pore structures, including nanospheres, nanoellipsoids, helical nanorods and multi-lamellar nanovesicles, were synthesized by using cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) and sodium bis(2-ethylhexyl) sulfosuccinate (AOT) as co-templates.