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Mesoporous silica nanospheres with radially oriented channels have been obtained by adjusting the interaction between cetyltrimethyl ammonium bromide (CTAB) and protic ionic liquid (tripropylamine acetate) through changing the PIL content. The properties of the samples were characterized by N2 adsorption/desorption techniques, scanning electron microscope and transmission electron microscopy. The radially oriented mesochannels, wrinkled surface morphology and particle sizes of the obtained samples were varied with different mass ratios of CTAB to PIL. Compared with silica spheres prepared without PIL, the radial mesochannels slightly bent and degenerated, meanwhile, the particle sizes were decreased from 550 to 350 nm accordingly. Moreover, the formation mechanism of the silica spheres with radially oriented channels and hierarchical porous structure which based on the interaction between PIL and CTAB was tentatively elucidated.
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The authors are grateful to the financial supports of National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 21676056, 51673040, 21376051 and 21306023), ‘‘Six Talents Pinnacle Program’’ of Jiangsu Province of China (JNHB-006), Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province (Grant No. BK20131288), Fund Project for Transformation of Scientific and Technological Achievements of Jiangsu Province of China (Grant No. BA2014100), Qing Lan Project of Jiangsu Province (1107040167), The Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (3207045421, 3207046302, 3207046409), and A Project Funded by the Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions. (PAPD) (1107047002).
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Zhang, M., Sheng, X., Zhang, Y. et al. Protic ionic liquid triggered self-assembly structural transition of CTAB for inducing silica spheres with radially oriented mesochannels. J Porous Mater 24, 899–904 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10934-016-0329-2
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