title: Ionic liquid mediated auto-templating assembly of CaCO3-chitosan hybrid nanoboxes and nanoframes.
abstract: Herein we report an innovative approach using ionic liquid (1-butyl-3-methyl-imidazolium chloride) mediated auto-templating assembly of CaCO(3) and chitosan to produce well-defined hollow inorganic-organic nanoboxes and nanoframes. By varying experimental conditions, size and shell-thicknesses of hollow nanostructures can be adjusted from 200 to 400 nm and 15 to 75 nm, respectively.
authors.affiliation: Microscopy and Imaging Center, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA.
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Zhiping
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Luo
authors.forename: Mustafa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Akbulut
mesh_terms: D002119:Calcium Carbonate / Q000737:chemistry*; D048271:Chitosan / Q000737:chemistry*; D007093:Imidazoles / Q000737:chemistry; D052578:Ionic Liquids / Q000737:chemistry*; D049329:Nanostructures / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D014961:X-Ray Diffraction
chemical_list: D007093:Imidazoles; D052578:Ionic Liquids; C502841:1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride; D048271:Chitosan; D002119:Calcium Carbonate