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Effect of tetraethoxysilane pretreatment on synthesis of colloidal particles of amorphous silicon dioxide

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The effect of the time passed after tetraethoxysilane treatment with ammonia on the diameter of particles produced by tetraethoxysilane hydrolysis in alcohol-water-ammonia media is studied. The regulation the time passed after of tetraethoxysilane treatment results in the synthesis of submicron monodisperse spherical silica particles with diameters differing by a factor of two. The difference is explained by the formation of SiO2 particles with sizes of 10–100 nm in tetraethoxysilane during 10–30 h after treatment with ammonia. These particles enhance the concentration of nucleation centers in a reaction mixture, thus decreasing the final size of monodisperse silica spheres. Opal films with a high structural perfection and pronounced photonic crystal properties are grown based on the obtained monodisperse SiO2 particles.

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    E. Yu. Trofimova, A. E. Aleksenskii, S. A. Grudinkin, I. V. Korkin, D. A. Kurdyukov & V. G. Golubev

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Original Russian Text © E.Yu. Trofimova, A.E. Aleksenskii, S.A. Grudinkin, I.V. Korkin, D.A. Kurdyukov, V.G. Golubev, 2011, published in Kolloidnyi Zhurnal, 2011, Vol. 73, No. 4, pp. 535–539.

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Trofimova, E.Y., Aleksenskii, A.E., Grudinkin, S.A. et al. Effect of tetraethoxysilane pretreatment on synthesis of colloidal particles of amorphous silicon dioxide. Colloid J 73, 546–550 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1061933X11040156

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