Biomimetic chitosan-mediated synthesis in heterogeneous phase of bulk and mesoporous silica nanoparticles.
Both bulk and mesoporous silica nanoparticles can be obtained in the form of granular aggregates using chitosan flakes as additive under very soft biomimetic reaction conditions.
Puchol
Victoria
V
Institut de Ciència dels Materials, Universitat de València, 46071, Valencia, Spain.
El Haskouri
Jamal
J
Latorre
Julio
J
Guillem
Carmen
C
Beltrán
Aurelio
A
Beltrán
Daniel
D
Amorós
Pedro
P
D032701:Biomimetics; D048271:Chitosan / Q000737:chemistry; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D046529:Microscopy, Electron, Transmission; D053758:Nanoparticles / Q000737:chemistry*; D012822:Silicon Dioxide / Q000737:chemistry*
D012822:Silicon Dioxide; D048271:Chitosan