Facile preparation of silica hollow microspheres by precipitation-phase separation method

Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects

Volumn 380, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 241-249

  Fu, Xiaoyi ^a,c   He, Xinhua ^a   Wang, Yuan ^b  

^a SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c XIANGTAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Hollow microspheres; Phase separation; Silica

Indexed keywords

DESORPTION; GAS ADSORPTION; MICROSPHERES; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILICA; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ECCENTRIC STRUCTURE; FACILE PREPARATION; FORMATION MECHANISM; HOLLOW MICROSPHERE; MACROPOROUS; MESOPOROUS; NITROGEN ADSORPTION-DESORPTION; POROUS SHELLS; PROCESS PARAMETERS; SCANNING ELECTRONS; SEPARATION METHODS;

PHASE SEPARATION;

AMMONIA; MICROSPHERE; ORGANIC SOLVENT; POLYSTYRENE; SILICON DIOXIDE; TETRAETHOXYSILANE;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DESORPTION; PHASE SEPARATION; POROSITY; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SYNTHESIS; THERMOGRAVIMETRY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 79954415620     PISSN: 09277757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2011.02.025     Document Type: Article

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