Synthesis of hollow silica nanospheres with a microemulsion as the template.
We demonstrate a sol-gel approach, using a water-in-oil microemulsion as the template, for the synthesis of hollow and yolk/shell silica nanospheres, which can encapsulate pre-formed hydrophobic nanoparticles, and we then explore these multifunctional hollow nanospheres in cell-labeling applications.
Lin
Yu-Shen
YS
Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan University, Taipei, 106, Taiwan.
Wu
Si-Han
SH
Tseng
Chih-Ta
CT
Hung
Yann
Y
Chang
Chen
C
Mou
Chung-Yuan
CY
D004655:Emulsions / Q000737:chemistry; D006367:HeLa Cells; D006801:Humans; D046529:Microscopy, Electron, Transmission; D054118:Nanospheres / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D012822:Silicon Dioxide / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry
D004655:Emulsions; D012822:Silicon Dioxide