Colloidosome like structures: self-assembly of silica microrods
- 7 March 2016
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in RSC Advances
- Vol. 6 (32) , 26734-26737
Abstract
Self-assembly of one-dimensional structures is attracting a great deal of interest because assembled structures can provide better properties compared to individual building blocks. In the present work, silica microrod self-assembly has been demonstrated by exploiting Pickering emulsion based strategy. Micron-sized silica rods were synthesized employing previously reported methods based on polyvinylpyrrolidone/pentanol emulsion droplets. Rods self-assembled to make structures in the range of ≈10–40 μm. Smooth rods assembled better than segmented rods. The assembled structures were bonded by weak van der Waals forces.Keywords
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