The formation of gigantic hollow silica spheres from an EO76–PO29–EO76/butanol/ethanol/H2O quaternary system

Qianyao Sun; Pieter C. M. M. Magusin; Brahim Mezari; Pierre Panine; Rutger A. van Santen; Nico A. J. M. Sommerdijk

doi:10.1039/B413363C

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The formation of gigantic hollow silica spheres from an EO₇₆–PO₂₉–EO₇₆/butanol/ethanol/H₂O quaternary system†

Qianyao Sun,^a Pieter C. M. M. Magusin,^b Brahim Mezari,^b Pierre Panine,^c Rutger A. van Santen^b and Nico A. J. M. Sommerdijk*^a

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^a Laboratory of Macromolecular and Organic Chemistry, Eindhoven University of Technology, P.O. Box 513, 5600MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands
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^b Schuit Institute of Catalysis, Eindhoven University of Technology, P.O. Box 513, 5600MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands
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^c ESRF, 6 Rue Jules Horowitz, BP 220, 38043 Grenoble Cedex 9, France

Abstract

Gigantic hollow silica spheres with a hierarchical intra- and inter-particle porosity were obtained from an EO₇₆–PO₂₉–EO₇₆/butanol/ethanol/H₂O quaternary system, which is unique in its extremely rapid silica condensation and in the resulting hierarchical morphology.

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Effect of molar ratio and temperature on product morphology and in-situ monitoring of the gigantic hollow spheres by optical microscopy and SAXS PDF (795K)

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/B413363C
Article type: Communication
Submitted: 31 Aug 2004
Accepted: 04 Nov 2004
First published: 18 Nov 2004

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J. Mater. Chem., 2005,15, 256-259

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The formation of gigantic hollow silica spheres from an EO₇₆–PO₂₉–EO₇₆/butanol/ethanol/H₂O quaternary system

Q. Sun, P. C. M. M. Magusin, B. Mezari, P. Panine, R. A. van Santen and N. A. J. M. Sommerdijk, J. Mater. Chem., 2005, 15, 256 DOI: 10.1039/B413363C

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