Chemical Research in Chinese Universities ›› 2012, Vol. 28 ›› Issue (3): 361-363.

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Synthesis of Silica Hollow Spheres with Diameter Around 50 nm by Anionic Surfactant

RAN Hua, HAN Lu, CHE Shun-ai   

  1. State Key Laboratory of Composite Materials, Thin Film and Microfabrication Technology of Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai 200240, P. R. China
  • Received:2012-01-10 Revised:2012-02-16 Online:2012-05-25 Published:2012-05-03
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    Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.20890121) and the National Basic Research Program of China(No.2009CB930403).

Abstract: Silica hollow spheres(SHSs) have attracted great attention because of their low toxicity, low density, large surface area, high chemical and thermal stability, and surface permeability. They can be widely applied in storage[1], catalysis[2], drug delivery[3,4], low-dielectric-constant materials[5], low-refractive materials[6-8], and so on. Up to now, there have been various methods to produce SHSs. Inorganic[9] or organic particles[10], such as polystyrene or calcium carbonate, were used as hard templates to create hollow cavities. However, the multistep synthetic process and the lack of structural robustness of the shells upon template removal process weaken their application. Soft templates, including oil-in-water emulsions[11,12], vesicles[13], micelle[14,15] and gas bubbles[16], are applied widely.

Key words: Anionic surfactant, Co-Structure directing agent(CSDA), Vesicle