title: Stöber strategy for synthesizing multifluorescent organosilica nanocrystals.
abstract: The Stöber process is revisited using vinyltriethoxysilane as the precursor, where a kinetics-controlled condensation of vinylsilanols, free from external fluorogens, unprecedentedly produces hydrophilic diamond-structured organosilica nanocrystals (ca. 2-6 nm) with finely tunable fluorescence (460-625 nm). The key to the synthesis lies in a slow successful condensation of vinylsilanols triggered and guided by the π-π stacking interaction of vinyl groups.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Institute of Fine Chemicals, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai 200237, P. R. China. wlz@ecust.edu.cn jlzhang@ecust.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Lingang
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Lingzhi
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Chuanfeng
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cui
authors.forename: Juying
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lei
authors.forename: Jinlong
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhang