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Synthesis and Characterization of Hollow Mesoporous Silica Spheres Using Negative-Charged Polystyrene Particles as Templates

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This paper reports the synthesis of hollow mesoporous silica (HMS) spheres using negative-charged polystyrene particles (ca. 200 nm in diameter) and cetyltrimethylammonium bromide as dual templates. The obtained HMS spheres were characterized by powder X-ray diffraction, high resolution transmission electron microscopy, and nitrogen adsorption–desorption analysis. The shell thickness of HMS spheres could be adjusted in a range of 30–75 nm by changing the concentration of precursor. The HMS spheres (ca. 60–65 nm in shell thickness) presented a high surface area of 1496 m2/g, and the total pore volume and average pore diameter were found to be 0.97 cm3/g and 2.9 nm, respectively.

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The work was supported financially by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (51405038, 51575058).

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Chen, Y., Wang, Y. Synthesis and Characterization of Hollow Mesoporous Silica Spheres Using Negative-Charged Polystyrene Particles as Templates. J Inorg Organomet Polym 27, 380–384 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10904-016-0447-y

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