Patwardhan, S V and Mukherjee, N and Clarson, S J (2001) Formation of fiber-like amorphous silica structures by externally applied shear. Journal of Inorganic and Organometallic Polymers, 11 (2). pp. 117-121. ISSN 1053-0495
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Abstract
The structure of amorphous silica determines its properties and governs its applications. Here we report the synthesis of elongated silica chains/rods on the nanometer size scale formed by the orientation of a growing silica sol. We have utilized a cationically charged synthetic organic polymer as a catalyst/template and perturbed the system by externally applied shear. It is proposed that the polymer orientation plays an important role in the formation of such morphologies.
| Item type: | Article |
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| ID code: | 31576 |
| Keywords: | silica, sol-gel, elongated morphology, polyallylamine hydrochloride (PAH), tetramethoxysilane (TMOS), externally applied shear, Chemical engineering |
| Subjects: | Technology > Chemical technology > Chemical engineering |
| Department: | Faculty of Engineering > Chemical and Process Engineering |
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| Depositing user: | Pure Administrator |
| Date Deposited: | 15 Jun 2011 13:33 |
| Last modified: | 04 Oct 2012 13:44 |
| URI: | http://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/31576 |
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