Periodic arrangement of silica nanospheres assisted by amino acids

Toshiyuki Yokoi; Yasuhiro Sakamoto; Osamu Terasaki; Yoshihiro Kubota; Tatsuya Okubo; Takashi Tatsumi

doi:10.1021/ja065071y

Periodic arrangement of silica nanospheres assisted by amino acids

J Am Chem Soc. 2006 Oct 25;128(42):13664-5. doi: 10.1021/ja065071y.

Authors

Toshiyuki Yokoi¹, Yasuhiro Sakamoto, Osamu Terasaki, Yoshihiro Kubota, Tatsuya Okubo, Takashi Tatsumi

Affiliation

¹ Chemical Resources Laboratory, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Nagatsuta 4259, Midori-ku, Yokohama 226-8503, Japan. yokoi@cat.res.titech.ac.jp

PMID: 17044675
DOI: 10.1021/ja065071y

Abstract

Uniform-sized silica nanospheres with a well-ordered arrangement were successfully synthesized by a novel and simple method; hydrolysis and condensation reactions of tetraethyl orthosilicate were conducted in the presence of basic amino acids.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Amino Acids / chemistry*
Biomimetic Materials / chemistry*
Microscopy, Electron, Transmission
Nanostructures / chemistry*
Nanostructures / ultrastructure
Particle Size
Silicon Dioxide / chemistry*
Surface Properties

Substances

Amino Acids
Silicon Dioxide