Present work describes the formation of α-Fe2O3@SiO2 core shell structure by systematic layer by layer deposition of silica shell on core iron oxide nanoparticles prepared via various solvents. Sol-gel method has been used to synthesize magnetic core and the dielectric shell. The average crystallite size of iron oxide nanoparticles was calculated ∼20 nm by X-ray diffraction pattern. Morphologic...

silica  coated magnetite  nanoparticles were  covalent  grafted with  3-aminopropyl trimethoxysilane  to give aptscmnps. reaction of  the resulted nanomaterial with 4-formyl benzo-12-crown-4 ether afforded fb12c4/aptsmnps  nanocomposite  material  in  which  the  crown ether  moiety  was  attached  through  propyl  chain  spacer. characterization of  the prepared nanocomposite was performed wit...

A modified aqueous sol-gel route was developed using ultrasonic power for the silica coating of indium tin oxide (ITO) nanoparticles. In this approach, organosilane with an amino functional group was first used to cover the surface of as-received nanoparticles. Subsequent silica coating was initiated and sustained under power ultrasound irradiation in an aqueous mixture of surface-treated parti...

This paper reports the synthesis of silver nanoparticles coated with porous silica (Ag@Silica NPs) using an assisted laser ablation method. This method is a chemical synthesis where one of the reagents (the reducer agent) is introduced in nanometer form by laser ablation of a solid target submerged in an aqueous solution. In a first step, a silicon wafer immersed in water solution was laser abl...

In view of potential applications of magnetic particles in biomedicine and electromagnetic devices, we made use of the classical Stöber method – base-catalysed hydrolysis and condensation of tetraethoxysilane (TEOS) – to encapsulate FeNi nanoparticles within a silica shell. An original stirring system under high power ultrasounds made possible to disperse the otherwise agglomerated particles. S...

Porous silica spheres were investigated for their effectiveness in removing typical indoor air pollutants, such as aromatic and carbonyl-containing volatile organic compounds (VOCs), and compared to the commercially available polymer styrene-divinylbenzene (XAD-4). The silica spheres and the XAD-4 resin were coated on denuder sampling devices and their adsorption efficiencies for VOCs evaluated...

Superparamagnetic Fe3O4 nanoparticles (NPs) based nanomaterials have been exploited in various biotechnology fields including biomolecule separation. However, slow accumulation of Fe3O4 NPs by magnets may limit broad applications of Fe3O4 NP-based nanomaterials. In this study, we report fabrication of Fe3O4 NPs double-layered silica nanoparticles (DL MNPs) with a silica core and highly packed F...

Many peptides self-assemble to form amyloid fibrils. We previously explored the sequence propensity to form amyloid using variants of a designed peptide with sequence KFFEAAAKKFFE. These variant peptides form highly stable amyloid fibrils with varied lateral assembly and are ideal to template further assembly of non-proteinaceous material. Herein, we show that the fibrils formed by peptide vari...

Fiber Bragg grating (FBG) with silica material has limitations in measuring mechanical quantities such as strain and temperature, this happens because fibers are easy to break at higher transverse or axial strains. This deficiency can be overcome several ways, one of which is by coating the FBG a made metal polymer. In research, sensor been designed poly methyl methacrylate (PMMA)-coated silica...

The structure of the preformed LC mesophase of water:transition metal salt ([M(H2O)6]X2):acid (HX):oligo(ethylene oxide) (or Pluronics):tetramethylorthosilicate (TMOS) mixture during hydrolysis and partial polymerization of the silica source is maintained upon further polymerization and condensation of the silica species in the solid state. The liquid mixture in early stage of the silica polyme...