Synthesis of dissymmetrical nanoparticles with a new hybrid silica template

Zhen Meng; Chunyan Xue; Luyao Lu; Bo Yuan; Xuehai Yu; Kai Xi; Xudong Jia

doi:10.1016/j.jcis.2011.01.050

Synthesis of dissymmetrical nanoparticles with a new hybrid silica template

J Colloid Interface Sci. 2011 Apr 15;356(2):429-33. doi: 10.1016/j.jcis.2011.01.050. Epub 2011 Jan 26.

Authors

Zhen Meng¹, Chunyan Xue, Luyao Lu, Bo Yuan, Xuehai Yu, Kai Xi, Xudong Jia

Affiliation

¹ State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, Nanjing University, Nanjing, PR China.

PMID: 21324470
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2011.01.050

Abstract

An easy, novel route to prepare Janus nanoparticles and nano-bowls with tunable shapes has been developed. This approach uses a new kind of monodisperse vinyl-silica nanoparticles as templates to obtain large amounts of uniform Janus particles and nano-bowls (several grams). The efficient method adopts water-based hydrolysis-condensation and seed-emulsion polymerization. The uniform Janus nanoparticles and nano-bowls will display wide potential applications in many fields, such as: chemical sensors, construction of complex superstructures and nano-bioreactors.