Issue 46, 2013
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Synthesis of hollow silica nanostructures using functional hairy polymer nanofibers as templates†

Sunita Sanwaria,a   Jit Pal,a   Rajiv Srivastava,a   Petr Formanek,b   Manfred Stamm,bc   Andriy Horechyy*b  and  Bhanu Nandan*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Textile Technology, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, Hauz Khas, New Delhi 110016, India
E-mail: nandan@textile.iitd.ac.in
Tel: +91 11 2659 6679

b Leibniz-Institut für Polymerforschung Dresden e.V., Hohe Strasse 6, Dresden 01069, Germany
E-mail: horechyy@ipfdd.de

c Technische Universität Dresden, Physical Chemistry of Polymer Materials, Dresden 01062, Germany

Abstract

Hollow silica nanofibers and nanospheres were synthesized from functional hairy polymer nanofibers as sacrificial templates. The polymer nanofibers were isolated from a cylinder-forming polystyrene-block-poly(4-vinylpyridine) block copolymer using a selective-swelling approach.

Graphical abstract: Synthesis of hollow silica nanostructures using functional hairy polymer nanofibers as templates

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C3RA42692K
Article type
Communication
Submitted
31 May 2013
Accepted
14 Oct 2013
First published
14 Oct 2013

RSC Adv., 2013,3, 24009-24012

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Synthesis of hollow silica nanostructures using functional hairy polymer nanofibers as templates

S. Sanwaria, J. Pal, R. Srivastava, P. Formanek, M. Stamm, A. Horechyy and B. Nandan, RSC Adv., 2013, 3, 24009 DOI: 10.1039/C3RA42692K

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