title: Self-templating amphiphilic polymer precursors for fabricating mesostructured silica particles: a water-based facile and universal method.
abstract: A facile and universal approach is reported for the preparation of silica particles of various mesostructures based on the self-assembly of amphiphilic precursor polymers in water and subsequent condensation. Depending on the hydrophilization degree of hyperbranched polyethoxysiloxane, various silica morphologies including mesoporous particles, hollow nanospheres and ultrasmall particles with high application potential are fabricated.
authors.affiliation: Interactive Materials Research-DWI an der RWTH Aachen e.V., and Institute for Technical and Macromolecular Chemistry of RWTH Aachen University, Forckenbeckstraße 50, Aachen, Germany.
authors.forename: Hailin
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Garima
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Agrawal
authors.forename: Larisa
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Tsarkova
authors.forename: Xiaomin
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Möller