Reaction-induced microsyneresis in oxide-based gels : the assembly of hierarchical microsphere networks
Rigid and stable networks composed of litchi-shaped microspheres were formed via hierarchical self-assembly (SA) of oxide-based nanoparticles (NPs). The phenomenon of the apparent changes from NPs networks to microspheres networks after the gelation was similar to normal microsyneresis. However, in-...
| Publié dans: | Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids. - 1985. - 29(2013), 36 vom: 10. Sept., Seite 11208-16 |
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| Autres auteurs: | , , , , , , |
| Format: | Article en ligne |
| Langue: | English |
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2013
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| Accès à la collection: | Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids |
| Sujets: | Journal Article |
| Résumé: | Rigid and stable networks composed of litchi-shaped microspheres were formed via hierarchical self-assembly (SA) of oxide-based nanoparticles (NPs). The phenomenon of the apparent changes from NPs networks to microspheres networks after the gelation was similar to normal microsyneresis. However, in-situ composition evolution results indicate that the SA is driven by interparticle dehydration, but not affinity difference between the network for itself and for the solvent. In-situ small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS), UV-vis-NIR, and electric conductivity were used to study the microsyneresis process. To further demonstrate the mechanism, extra complexant was added and successfully restrained the NPs-microsphere transition by inactivating the surface hydroxyl of the NPs. Considering the structural similarity, this work may provide a new approach to control the assemblies of diverse oxide-based NPs |
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| Description: | Date Completed 21.03.2014 Date Revised 10.09.2013 published: Print-Electronic Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE |
| ISSN: | 1520-5827 |
| DOI: | 10.1021/la401579z |