Hollow micro‐/nanostructures are of great interest in many current and emerging areas of
technology. Perhaps the best‐known example of the former is the use of fly‐ash hollow …

In recent years, new strategies for silica coating of inorganic nanoparticles and organic
nanomaterials, which differ from the classical methodologies, have emerged at the forefront …

The technology to develop nanosized particles offering multiple properties carries
tremendous potential for the development of applications in nanomedicine. Nanoparticles …

The influence of the surface functionalization of silica particles on their colloidal stability in
physiological media is studied and correlated with their uptake in cells. The surface of 55±2 …

Hollow silica particles (or mesoporous hollow silica particles) are sought after for
applications across several fields, including drug delivery, battery anodes, catalysis, thermal …

Hybridized nanomaterials have been extensively investigated due to their superior
properties over individual nanomaterials and molecules. Amorphous silica nanoparticles are …

An efficient magnetic sorbent was introduced for solid phase extraction by incorporation of
the gold nanoparticles into the hexagonal lattice of magnetic MCM-41. For the effective …

Precious metal nanoparticles are commonly used as the main active components of various
catalysts. Given their high cost, limited quantity, and easy loss of catalytic activity under …

(Au nanorod)-(metal sulfide) core-shell structures are synthesized by employing Au
nanorods as the starting reactants and metal thiobenzoates as the metal sulfide precursors …

A facile method for the preparation of single Quantum Dots (QDs) in silica spheres with
tunable size and optical property has been developed. A time interval addition of silica …