Periodic arrangement of silica nanospheres assisted by amino acids.
Uniform-sized silica nanospheres with a well-ordered arrangement were successfully synthesized by a novel and simple method; hydrolysis and condensation reactions of tetraethyl orthosilicate were conducted in the presence of basic amino acids.
Yokoi
Toshiyuki
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Chemical Resources Laboratory, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Nagatsuta 4259, Midori-ku, Yokohama 226-8503, Japan. yokoi@cat.res.titech.ac.jp
Sakamoto
Yasuhiro
Y
Terasaki
Osamu
O
Kubota
Yoshihiro
Y
Okubo
Tatsuya
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Tatsumi
Takashi
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D000596:Amino Acids / Q000737:chemistry*; D040761:Biomimetic Materials / Q000737:chemistry*; D046529:Microscopy, Electron, Transmission; D049329:Nanostructures / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D010316:Particle Size; D012822:Silicon Dioxide / Q000737:chemistry*; D013499:Surface Properties
D000596:Amino Acids; D012822:Silicon Dioxide