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...

Perylenediimide functionalized bridged siloxane nanoparticles were prepared by direct hydrolysis and condensation of a perylenediimide silane precursor in the presence of a catalytic amount of tetraethoxysilane (TEOS). The sizes of the particles were controlled by adjusting organotrialkoxysilane, base, and TEOS concentrations. Using this modified Stöber method, we were able to incorporate a hig...

Poly(3-hexylthiophene)-functionalized siloxane nanoparticles were prepared by a modified Stöber method. The photovoltaic performance of P3HT-nanohybrids with C60 derivative PCBM was evaluated. The device made from 1 : 1 blends of P3HT-NPs:PCBM showed reasonably good photovoltaic performance with a power conversion efficiency of 2.5% under standard test conditions (AM 1.5G, 100 mW cm(-2)).

Here, we report the synthesis of nitrogen-doped hollow carbon nanospheres (N-HCSs) via a two-step Stöber method. The resultant N-HCSs possess a uniform size of ∼220 nm, a high nitrogen loading content of 14.8 wt% and a high surface area of 767 m(2) g(-1), as well as exhibit a considerable performance for CO2 capture with a capacity of 2.67 mmol g(-1) and a high selectivity in a mixture gas (N2 ...

Multifunctional core-shell nanocomposites with a magnetic core and a silica shell doped with lanthanide chelate have been prepared by a simple method. First, citric acid-modified magnetite nanoparticles were synthesized by a chemical coprecipitation method. Then the magnetite nanoparticles were coated with silica shells doped with terbium (Tb(3+)) complex by a modified Stöber method based on hy...

Large colloidal environmentally stable silica-coated cobalt particles were synthesized by combining the sodium borohydride reduction in aqueous solution and the Stöber method. Low size polydisperse cobalt spheres with an average size of 95 nm were synthesized by using a borohydride reduction method and were subsequently coated with a thin layer of silica by means of hydrolysis and condensation ...

Core-shell polystyrene-silica spheres with diameters of 800 nm and 1.9 microm were synthesized by soap-free emulsion and dispersion polymerization of the polystyrene core, respectively. The polystyrene spheres were used as templates for the synthesis of silica shells of tunable thickness employing the Stöber method [Graf et al. Langmuir 2003, 19, 6693]. The polystyrene template was removed by t...

A rapid and facile synthesis of cubic MCM-48 mesoporous material based on the modification of Stöber synthesis in as little time as 30 minutes at room temperature is reported in this communication.