Abstract
The structure of amorphous silica determines its properties and governs its applications. Here we report the synthesis of elongated silica chains/rods on the nanometer size scale formed by the orientation of a growing silica sol. We have utilized a cationically charged synthetic organic polymer as a catalyst/template and perturbed the system by externally applied shear. It is proposed that the polymer orientation plays an important role in the formation of such morphologies.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 117-121 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Journal of Inorganic and Organometallic Polymers |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Jun 2001 |
Keywords
- silica
- sol-gel
- elongated morphology
- polyallylamine hydrochloride (PAH)
- tetramethoxysilane (TMOS)
- externally applied shear
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Patwardhan, S. V., Mukherjee, N., & Clarson, S. J. (2001). Formation of fiber-like amorphous silica structures by externally applied shear. Journal of Inorganic and Organometallic Polymers , 11(2), 117-121. https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1014403932692