Issue 55, 2014

Synthesis of very small diameter silica nanofibers using sound waves

Abstract

Silica nanofibers of an average diameter ≈30 nm and length ≈100 μm have been synthesized using an unprecedented strategy: sound waves. A new phenomenon, spinning off the nanofibers at silica rod tips, is also observed.

Graphical abstract: Synthesis of very small diameter silica nanofibers using sound waves

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
29 Apr 2014
Accepted
20 May 2014
First published
21 May 2014

Chem. Commun., 2014,50, 7277-7279

Author version available

Synthesis of very small diameter silica nanofibers using sound waves

P. Datskos, J. Chen and J. Sharma, Chem. Commun., 2014, 50, 7277 DOI: 10.1039/C4CC03206C

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