A facile one-step route to synthesize cage-like silica hollow spheres loaded with superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles in their shells

Ling Li; Eugene Shi Guang Choo; Xiaosheng Tang; Jun Ding; Junmin Xue

doi:10.1039/b817937a

A facile one-step route to synthesize cage-like silica hollow spheres loaded with superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles in their shells

Chem Commun (Camb). 2009 Feb 28:(8):938-40. doi: 10.1039/b817937a. Epub 2008 Dec 19.

Authors

Ling Li¹, Eugene Shi Guang Choo, Xiaosheng Tang, Jun Ding, Junmin Xue

Affiliation

¹ Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117574.

PMID: 19214322
DOI: 10.1039/b817937a

Abstract

Cage-like silica hollow spheres loaded with superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles incorporated in their macroporous shells are synthesized in a facile manner through a one-step oil-in-diethylene glycol (DEG) microemulsion route.