title: Formation of hollow mesoporous silica nanoworm with two holes at the terminals.
abstract: A chiral low-molecular-weight amphiphile, L- 18Ala11PyPF(6), was synthesized from L-alanine. Hollow silica nanoworms with circular pore channels parallel to the shell surfaces and holes at the terminals were prepared using the self-assemblies of it as templates via a single-templating approach. The formation of this hierarchical structure was studied by taking TEM images after different reaction time and changing reaction conditions. It was found that the morphologies of the amphiphile-silica assemblies changed gradually during the sol-gel transcription process.
authors: Key Laboratory of Organic Synthesis of Jiangsu Province, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou, People's Republic of China.
authors: Baozong
authors: B
authors: Li
authors: Xianfeng
authors: X
authors: Pei
authors: Sibing
authors: S
authors: Wang
authors: Yuanli
authors: Y
authors: Chen
authors: Ming
authors: M
authors: Zhang
authors: Yi
authors: Y
authors: Li
authors: Yonggang
authors: Y
authors: Yang
mesh_terms: D003460:Crystallization / Q000379:methods*; D046911:Macromolecular Substances / Q000737:chemistry; D008422:Materials Testing; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D036103:Nanotechnology / Q000379:methods*; D043942:Nanotubes / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D010316:Particle Size; D016062:Porosity; D012822:Silicon Dioxide / Q000737:chemistry*; D013499:Surface Properties; D014025:Titanium / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D046911:Macromolecular Substances; C009495:titanium dioxide; D012822:Silicon Dioxide; D014025:Titanium