Preparation of high-purity monodisperse silica microspheres by the sol-gel method coupled with polymerization-induced colloid aggregation

(整期优先)网络出版时间:2015-05-15
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Ultra-puremesoporoussilicamicrosphereswithgoodmonodispersityweresynthesizedintwosteps:nanometer-sizedsilicasolwasproducedbythesol-gelprocess,thenmicrometer-sizedsilicamicrospheresweresynthesizedbypolymerization-inducedcolloidaggregationofthesilicasol.Thetotalmetalcontentofthemicrosphereswasextremelylow,whicheliminatedthetailingofchromatographicpeaksbychelatingreagents.Theporestructureofthesilicamicrospherescouldbecontrolledbyalteringthesol-gelconditions.Thesilicamicrosphereparticlesizecouldbeadjustedbyusingdifferentpolymerizationinducedcolloidaggregationconditions.