title: Azobenzene-derived surfactants as phototriggered recyclable templates for the synthesis of ordered mesoporous silica nanospheres.
abstract: An azobenzene-derived surfactant behaves as a "smart" molecule. Not only is it used as the structure-directing agent to synthesize unique mesoporous silica nanospheres, but it can also be quickly released from the silica framework with UV light and subsequently recycled.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysis and Innovative Materials, State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers and Laboratory of Advanced Materials, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Jing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wei
authors.forename: Yuyun
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Jia
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Yuhui
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Qin
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Yue
authors.forename: Gaoxiang
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Pan
authors.forename: Yanlei
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Yonghui
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Deng
authors.forename: Dongyuan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Zhao
keywords: mesoporous materials; photoresponse; self-assembly,azobenzene; silica nanospheres