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Facile and tunable synthesis of hierarchical mesoporous silica materials ranging from flower structure with wrinkled edges to hollow structure with coarse surface

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Mesoporous silica materials have attracted great attention in many fields. However, facile and tunable synthesis of hierarchical mesoporous silica structures is still a big challenge, and thus the development of them still lags behind. Herein, well-defined mesoporous silica flower structure with wrinkled edges and mesoporous silica hollow structure with coarse surface were synthesized simply by using poly(vinylpyrrolidone) and hexadecylamine as cotemplates in different water/ethanol solvent systems. The shape evolution from flower to hollow can be easily realized by tuning the volume ratio of water to ethanol, and the yields of both materials can reach gram scale. The formation mechanisms of mesoporous silica flower and hollow structures were also experimentally investigated and discussed. These novel hierarchical structures having unique physicochemical properties may bring many interesting insights into scientific research and technological application.

Mesoporous silica flower and hollow structures were synthesized using poly(vinylpyrrolidone) and hexadecylamine as cotemplates in different water/ethanol solvent systems.

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Financial support from the National Science Foundation of China (no. 81171454) is gratefully acknowledged.

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    Nanjing Hao, Laifeng Li & Fangqiong Tang

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Hao, N., Li, L. & Tang, F. Facile and tunable synthesis of hierarchical mesoporous silica materials ranging from flower structure with wrinkled edges to hollow structure with coarse surface. J Nanopart Res 18, 321 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11051-016-3644-2

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