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Self‐Templating Amphiphilic Polymer Precursors for Fabricating Mesostructured Silica Particles: A Water‐Based Facile and Universal Method (Adv. Mater. 7/2013)
Author(s) -
Wang Hailin,
Agrawal Garima,
Tsarkova Larisa,
Zhu Xiaomin,
Möller Martin
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/adma.201370045
Subject(s) - materials science , amphiphile , hydrophilization , polymer , chemical engineering , nanotechnology , self assembly , mesoporous silica , condensation , mesoporous material , superhydrophilicity , copolymer , wetting , organic chemistry , composite material , catalysis , engineering , chemistry , physics , thermodynamics
On page 1017 , Martin Möller, Xiaomin Zhu, and co‐workers report a facile and universal approach for the preparation of silica particles of various mesostructures based on the self‐assembly of amphiphilic precursor polymers in water and subsequent condensation. Depending on the hydrophilization degree of hyperbranched polyethoxysiloxane, various silica morphologies including mesoporous particles, hollow nanospheres and ultrasmall particles with high application potential can be fabricated.