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Facile synthesis of hollow silica nanospheres employing anionic PMANa templates

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This article presents a facile and green route to the synthesis of hollow silica particles by means of anionic particles of poly(sodium methacrylate) (PMANa) as templates. This method was composed of the following three steps: formation of PMANa particles in ethanol by nanoprecipitation, the deposition of silica shell on the polymer cores through sol–gel process of tetraethylorthosilicate under catalysis of ammonia, and removal of the polymer templates by washing with water. The templates’ size can be controlled in the range of about 70–140 nm by altering the ratio of ethanol to water, the polymer solution concentration, the ethanol amount in polymer solution, and the silica shell thickness can be adjusted between 15 and 30 nm by varying the ratio of silica precursor to the polymer cores. A tentative interpretation about the silica-coating process on the anionic PMANa particles was also proposed according to the experimental results.

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This work was supported by the Advanced Low Carbon Technology Research and Development Program (ALCA) of the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST).

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    Yan Shi, Chika Takai, Takashi Shirai & Masayoshi Fuji

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Shi, Y., Takai, C., Shirai, T. et al. Facile synthesis of hollow silica nanospheres employing anionic PMANa templates. J Nanopart Res 17, 204 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11051-015-3010-9

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