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Influence of ammonia concentration on the formation of hollow silica microspheres via polystyrene beads templating
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Abstract
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| The influence of ammonia concentration on the formation of hollow silica microspheres via polystyrene beads templating was investigated. Hollow silica microspheres could only be templated in water ethanol ammonia tetraethyl orthosilicate media with low concentrations of ammonia. It is shown that in template-free media, the aggregation of silica particles decreases with ammonia concentrations. Thus, the aggregation degree of formed silica particles may imply whether a silica forming media is suitable for preparing hollow silica microspheres via polystyrene beads templating. The increase in ammonia promotes spontaneous nucleation and condensation of silica oligomers to form silica particles. The repulsive forces between the particles as well as those between them and templates are relatively large, hindering the assembly of silica primary particles on the templates to form silica shells. |
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Language
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English
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Source (journal)
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International journal of materials research
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Publication
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2011
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ISSN
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1862-5282
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DOI
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10.3139/146.110608
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Volume/pages
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102
:12
(2011)
, p. 1488-1492
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ISI
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000298777100010
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Full text (Publisher's DOI)
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