Spherical Polyelectrolyte Brushes as Templates to Prepare Hollow Silica Spheres Encapsulating Metal Nanoparticles
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Materials
2.2. Preparation of SPB
2.3. Preparation of Hollow Ag@SiO2 and Au@SiO2
2.4. Catalytic Reactions with Hollow Ag@SiO2
2.5. Characterization
3. Results
3.1. Preparation and Characterization of Ag@SiO2
3.2. Catalytic Performance of Ag@SiO2
3.3. Synthesis of Hollow Au@SiO2 Nanoparticles
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Yang, Q.; Li, L.; Zhao, F.; Wang, Y.; Ye, Z.; Hua, C.; Liu, Z.; Bohinc, K.; Guo, X. Spherical Polyelectrolyte Brushes as Templates to Prepare Hollow Silica Spheres Encapsulating Metal Nanoparticles. Nanomaterials 2020, 10, 799. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano10040799
Yang Q, Li L, Zhao F, Wang Y, Ye Z, Hua C, Liu Z, Bohinc K, Guo X. Spherical Polyelectrolyte Brushes as Templates to Prepare Hollow Silica Spheres Encapsulating Metal Nanoparticles. Nanomaterials. 2020; 10(4):799. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano10040799
Chicago/Turabian StyleYang, Qingsong, Li Li, Fang Zhao, Yunwei Wang, Zhishuang Ye, Chen Hua, Zhiyong Liu, Klemen Bohinc, and Xuhong Guo. 2020. "Spherical Polyelectrolyte Brushes as Templates to Prepare Hollow Silica Spheres Encapsulating Metal Nanoparticles" Nanomaterials 10, no. 4: 799. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano10040799