title: Synthesis of hollow silica nanospheres with a microemulsion as the template.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan University, Taipei, 106, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Yu-Shen
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Si-Han
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Chih-Ta
authors.initials: CT
authors.lastname: Tseng
authors.forename: Yann
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hung
authors.forename: Chen
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: Chung-Yuan
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Mou
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D004655:Emulsions; D012822:Silicon Dioxide