Azobenzene-derived surfactants as phototriggered recyclable templates for the synthesis of ordered mesoporous silica nanospheres

  • Jing Wei
  • , Yuyun Liu
  • , Jia Chen
  • , Yuhui Li
  • , Qin Yue
  • , Gaoxiang Pan
  • , Yanlei Yu
  • , Yonghui Deng
  • , Dongyuan Zhao

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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.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1782-1787
Number of pages6
JournalAdvanced Materials
Volume26
Issue number11
DOIs
StatePublished - 19 Mar 2014
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • mesoporous materials
  • photoresponse
  • self-assembly,azobenzene
  • silica nanospheres

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