title: Synthesis and characterization of colloidal fluorescent mesoporous silica particles.
abstract: Mesoporous silica particles with narrow size distribution were obtained by a seeded growth process. Depending on the size of seeds and on the time of addition of reactants, the size of particles can be varied between 300 and 1000 nm. In a second step the dye fluorescein isothiocyanate can be embedded. The structure of these new silica particles with low density was investigated by SEM, XRD, BET, and confocal microscopy.
authors.affiliation: Fachbereich Physik, M 621, Universität Konstanz, 78457 Konstanz, Germany. stefanie.eiden@uni-konstanz.de
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Eiden-Assmann
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Lindlar
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Maret