Self-templating amphiphilic polymer precursors for fabricating mesostructured silica particles: a water-based facile and universal method

Hailin Wang; Garima Agrawal; Larisa Tsarkova; Xiaomin Zhu; Martin Möller

doi:10.1002/adma.201203840

Self-templating amphiphilic polymer precursors for fabricating mesostructured silica particles: a water-based facile and universal method

Adv Mater. 2013 Feb 20;25(7):1017-21. doi: 10.1002/adma.201203840. Epub 2012 Nov 29.

Authors

Hailin Wang¹, Garima Agrawal, Larisa Tsarkova, Xiaomin Zhu, Martin Möller

Affiliation

¹ Interactive Materials Research-DWI an der RWTH Aachen e.V., and Institute for Technical and Macromolecular Chemistry of RWTH Aachen University, Forckenbeckstraße 50, Aachen, Germany.

PMID: 23192970
DOI: 10.1002/adma.201203840

Abstract

A facile and universal approach is reported for the preparation of silica particles of various mesostructures based on the self-assembly of amphiphilic precursor polymers in water and subsequent condensation. Depending on the hydrophilization degree of hyperbranched polyethoxysiloxane, various silica morphologies including mesoporous particles, hollow nanospheres and ultrasmall particles with high application potential are fabricated.

Publication types

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