| Literature DB >> 21732677 |
Yi Jian Wong1, Liangfang Zhu, Wei Shan Teo, Yan Wen Tan, Yanhui Yang, Chuan Wang, Hongyu Chen.
Abstract
We demonstrate that the silica shell on nanoparticles formed by a typical Stöber method is inhomogeneous in nature. The outer layer of the shell is chemically more robust than the inner layer, which can be selectively etched by hot water. Methods are developed to "harden" the soft silica shells. These new understandings are exploited to develop versatile and template-free approaches for fabricating sophisticated yolk-shell nanostructures.Entities:
Year: 2011 PMID: 21732677 DOI: 10.1021/ja203316q
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Am Chem Soc ISSN: 0002-7863 Impact factor: 15.419