The hydrolysis of tetraethoxysilane (TEOS) occurred on the surface of poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) microshperes immediately after these microshperes were prepared in TEOS. Micron-sized hollow SiO2 spheres were ob...The hydrolysis of tetraethoxysilane (TEOS) occurred on the surface of poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) microshperes immediately after these microshperes were prepared in TEOS. Micron-sized hollow SiO2 spheres were obtained by calcination of the coated PMMA microshperes. It was found that the final hollow spheres were constituted by small SiO2 particles.展开更多
Different-sized hollow SiO2 spheres of 249–1348 nm in diameter were successfully prepared by using Na2SiO3 as the precursor and using polystyrene and polystyrene-methyl acrylic acid latexes as the templates. The diam...Different-sized hollow SiO2 spheres of 249–1348 nm in diameter were successfully prepared by using Na2SiO3 as the precursor and using polystyrene and polystyrene-methyl acrylic acid latexes as the templates. The diameter and shell thickness of the hollow SiO2 spheres increase with increasing the latex template diameter at a given mass ratio of SiO2 to latex template. The diameter and shell thickness of the hollow SiO2 spheres also increase with increasing the mass ratios of SiO2 to latex template. The presence of carboxylic acid groups on the surfaces of polystyrene-methyl acrylic acid latex templates favors the formation of dense and uniform SiO2 shells. The hollow SiO2 sphere is constructed by mesoporous shell with large specific surface area. When glyphosate is used as a release model chemical, glyphosate release rate is tuned by varying the shell thickness.展开更多
Structural color materials,which generate colors through the interaction between light and nano-microstructures,have always been research hotspots in the fields of display,anticounterfeiting and stimuli-responsive mat...Structural color materials,which generate colors through the interaction between light and nano-microstructures,have always been research hotspots in the fields of display,anticounterfeiting and stimuli-responsive materials.Structural colors based on scattering have received increasing attention due to their wider viewing angles than that originating from the specular reflection of photonic crystals.However,the wide scattering spectrum of an amorphous structure leads to lower purity and brightness of the appeared colors.Few researchers have focused on the scattering of ordered structures due to their strong reflection and diffraction in the visible regions.In this work,by building ordered films(OFs)using SiO2 spheres(refractive index n=1.46)with a diameter of 300–500 nm,for the first time,sharp scattering spectra with narrow full width at half-maximum(FWHM,24 nm)were generated.Importantly,under ambient light,brilliant colors covering the entire visible region can be observed,and a formula was proposed to calculate the scattering spectra of OFs.Moreover,rainbow structural color was realized under irradiation of the nonparallel light,and full-spectrum structural color patterns were fabricated using building blocks with a single particle size by a spraying method.Finally,a composite structure was constructed to explore possibilities in the field of flexible transparent displays.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.20204018)Hebei Scientific Research Fund Program for Doctoral Fellows in Universities(No.2002128)for support of this work.
文摘The hydrolysis of tetraethoxysilane (TEOS) occurred on the surface of poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) microshperes immediately after these microshperes were prepared in TEOS. Micron-sized hollow SiO2 spheres were obtained by calcination of the coated PMMA microshperes. It was found that the final hollow spheres were constituted by small SiO2 particles.
基金Projects (11KJB530002, CX10B-259Z) supported by Research Funds from Jiangsu Provincial Department of Education, ChinaProject (10zxfk35) supported by Sichuan Province Nonmetallic Composites and Functional Materials Key Laboratory Project, China
文摘Different-sized hollow SiO2 spheres of 249–1348 nm in diameter were successfully prepared by using Na2SiO3 as the precursor and using polystyrene and polystyrene-methyl acrylic acid latexes as the templates. The diameter and shell thickness of the hollow SiO2 spheres increase with increasing the latex template diameter at a given mass ratio of SiO2 to latex template. The diameter and shell thickness of the hollow SiO2 spheres also increase with increasing the mass ratios of SiO2 to latex template. The presence of carboxylic acid groups on the surfaces of polystyrene-methyl acrylic acid latex templates favors the formation of dense and uniform SiO2 shells. The hollow SiO2 sphere is constructed by mesoporous shell with large specific surface area. When glyphosate is used as a release model chemical, glyphosate release rate is tuned by varying the shell thickness.
基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China(21878042,21476040 and 21276040)the Fund for Innovative Research Groups of the National Natural Science Foundation of China Committee of Science(21421005)。
文摘Structural color materials,which generate colors through the interaction between light and nano-microstructures,have always been research hotspots in the fields of display,anticounterfeiting and stimuli-responsive materials.Structural colors based on scattering have received increasing attention due to their wider viewing angles than that originating from the specular reflection of photonic crystals.However,the wide scattering spectrum of an amorphous structure leads to lower purity and brightness of the appeared colors.Few researchers have focused on the scattering of ordered structures due to their strong reflection and diffraction in the visible regions.In this work,by building ordered films(OFs)using SiO2 spheres(refractive index n=1.46)with a diameter of 300–500 nm,for the first time,sharp scattering spectra with narrow full width at half-maximum(FWHM,24 nm)were generated.Importantly,under ambient light,brilliant colors covering the entire visible region can be observed,and a formula was proposed to calculate the scattering spectra of OFs.Moreover,rainbow structural color was realized under irradiation of the nonparallel light,and full-spectrum structural color patterns were fabricated using building blocks with a single particle size by a spraying method.Finally,a composite structure was constructed to explore possibilities in the field of flexible transparent displays.
