A Facile Route to Construct SiCO Nanospheres with Tunable Sizes

    Authors

    Y. X. Yu; H. Wang; H. S. San; Y. Liu; J. Y. Fang; L. A. An;Q. L. Fang

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    Abbreviated Journal Title

    Int. J. Appl. Ceram. Technol.

    Keywords

    BLOCK-COPOLYMER; PRECURSOR NANOCOMPOSITES; MESOPOROUS SILICA; CERAMICS; FILMS; MORPHOLOGIES; MIXTURES; TRIBLOCK; Materials Science, Ceramics

    Abstract

    We report a facile route to synthesize SiCO nanospheres using Pluronic F127/ polyvinylsilazane (PVSZ) mixed micelles as a template, in which PVSZ selectively swells with the PEO core of the F127 micelles. The thermal degradation of the F127/ PVSZ mixed micelles leads to the formation of SiCO nanospheres. The size of the resultant SiCO nanospheres can be tuned in the range from 25 nm to 75 nm by controlling annealing time at 70 degrees C.

    Journal Title

    International Journal of Applied Ceramic Technology

    Volume

    11

    Issue/Number

    4

    Publication Date

    1-1-2015

    Document Type

    Article

    Language

    English

    First Page

    670

    Last Page

    675

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:000339051500007

    ISSN

    1546-542X

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