Organic-inorganic mesoporous silica nanostrands for ultrafine filtration of spherical nanoparticles.
We report a protocol for the direct synthesis of hexagonal silica nanostrands inside anodic alumina membranes using cationic surfactants as templates. When coated with layers of trimethylsilyl moieties, the nanostrands were a powerful tool for the ultrafine filtration of noble metal and semiconductor nanoparticles.
El-Safty
Sherif A
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National Institute for Materials Science, Exploratory Materials Research Laboratory for Energy and Environment, 1-2-1 Sengen, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0047, Japan. sherif.elsafty@nims.go.jp
Mekawy
Moataz
M
Yamaguchi
Akira
A
Shahat
Ahmed
A
Ogawa
Kazuyuki
K
Teramae
Norio
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