Sol-gel synthesis and characterization of silica materials using surfactant-like organic acid compounds as templates

Xiaofei Yang*, Jieling Qin, Chunyu Lu

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Abstract

Templated-assisted strategy has become one of the most popular methods for the synthesis of nanomaterials with uniform size and controllable dimensions in recent years. In this paper, we report the sol-gel synthesis of silica materials by using different kinds of 2-hydroxycarboxylic acids as templates. As-prepared silica materials are characterizaed by field-emission gun scanning electron microscopy (FEG-SEM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). Microscopic studies reveal that the alkyl chains of 2-hydroxycarboxylic acids play an important role in the formation of well-defined silica spheres.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationMaterials and Design
Pages889-892
Number of pages4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2011
Externally publishedYes
Event2011 International Conference on Advanced Engineering Materials and Technology, AEMT 2011 - Sanya, China
Duration: 29 Jul 201131 Jul 2011

Publication series

NameAdvanced Materials Research
Volume284-286
ISSN (Print)1022-6680

Conference

Conference2011 International Conference on Advanced Engineering Materials and Technology, AEMT 2011
Country/TerritoryChina
CitySanya
Period29/07/1131/07/11

Keywords

  • 2-hydroxycarboxylic acids
  • Silica
  • Sol-gel
  • Templated

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