| Literature DB >> 21553827 |
Qiyu Yu1, Pengpeng Wang, Shi Hu, Junfeng Hui, Jing Zhuang, Xun Wang.
Abstract
It is well-known that silica can be etched in alkaline media or in a unique hydrofluoric acid (HF) solution, which is widely used to prepare various kinds of hollow nanostructures (including silica hollow structures) via silica-templating methods. In our experiments, we found that stöber silica spheres could be etched in generic acidic media in a well-controlled way under hydrothermal conditions, forming well-defined hollow/rattle-type silica spheres. Furthermore, some salts such as NaCl and Na(2)SO(4) were found to be favorable for the formation of hollow/rattle-type silica spheres.Entities:
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Year: 2011 PMID: 21553827 DOI: 10.1021/la200719g
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Langmuir ISSN: 0743-7463 Impact factor: 3.882