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Controllable synthesis of silica hollow spheres by vesicle templating of silicone surfactants

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Silica hollow spheres (SHSs) have been designed and prepared through three distinct synthetic routes based on the self-assembling of comb-like copolymer silicone surfactants. This process was based on the rule of similarities for hydrophobicity and hydrophilicity between the surfactant and a silica source. The directed silica wall formations were performed at different confined spaces of the vesicles, including the outer and inner surfaces, and the hydrophobic parts of the bi-layers. The resultant SHSs possess tailorable shell thicknesses (20–400 nm), particle sizes (200 nm–1.2 μm), and a high dispersibility in aqueous solutions.

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We acknowledge support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (grant no. 20890121) and the 973 project (2009CB930403).

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    Bo Sun, Yuan Yao, Zhehao Huang & Shunai Che

  2. Petrochina Jilin Petrochemical Company Research Institute, 27 Zunyi East Road, Longtan District, Jilin, 132021, People’s Republic of China

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The high magnification SEM images of SHSs synthesized through route I, the morphological and structural properties of the SHSs, the SEM images of SHSs synthesized with different PSEP/H2O ratios through route II, the HRTEM image of the calcined sample SHSs-R1-1, the photographs of the Tyndall effect, and the DLS data of SHSs. (DOC 1554 kb)

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Sun, B., Guo, C., Yao, Y. et al. Controllable synthesis of silica hollow spheres by vesicle templating of silicone surfactants. J Mater Sci 48, 1890–1898 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-012-6952-7

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