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Particle size, uniformity, and mesostructure control of magnetic core/mesoporous silica shell nanocomposite spheres

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 March 2011

Wenru Zhao ,
Jianlin Shi ,
Hangrong Chen  and
Lingxia Zhang
Wenru Zhao
Affiliation:
State Key Laboratory of High Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructures, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200050, People’s Republic of China
Jianlin Shi*
Affiliation:
State Key Laboratory of High Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructures, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200050, People’s Republic of China
Hangrong Chen
Affiliation:
State Key Laboratory of High Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructures, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200050, People’s Republic of China
Lingxia Zhang
Affiliation:
State Key Laboratory of High Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructures, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200050, People’s Republic of China
*
a) Address all correspondence to this author. e-mail: jlshi@sunm.shcnc.ac.cn
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Abstract

Well-structured and monodisperse nanocomposite spheres with a magnetic core/mesoporous silica shell structure (MCMS) were obtained. The effects on the structure and morphology of the MCMS spheres were investigated under various synthesis conditions, including reaction time, quantity of silicate sources of tetraethoxysilane (TEOS) and n-octadecyltrimethoxysilane (C18TMS), ratio of TEOS/C18TMS, and ratio of H2O/EtOH in the starting solution. The particle size of the MCMS spheres and pore diameter are tunable in a certain range with 100% yield. A synthesis mechanism of the mesoporous silica shell was proposed that proceeds via three main stages. The silica shell proved to be effective on protecting the cores from leaching out in acidic conditions.

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Core/shellMagnetic
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Journal of Materials Research , Volume 21 , Issue 12 , December 2006 , pp. 3080 - 3089
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2006

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