10.1021/acs.langmuir.7b02996.s001
Ayan Maity
Ayan
Maity
Avik Das
Avik
Das
Debasis Sen
Debasis
Sen
Subhasish Mazumder
Subhasish
Mazumder
Vivek Polshettiwar
Vivek
Polshettiwar
Unraveling the Formation Mechanism of Dendritic Fibrous
Nanosilica
American Chemical Society
2017
Dendritic Fibrous Nanosilica
molecular-level understanding
BMDs formation
electron microscopy
nanoreactor template
role
formation mechanism
small-angle X-ray
Formation Mechanism
DFNS morphology
bicontinuous microemulsion droplets
DFNS formation
coalescence
2017-11-07 00:00:00
Journal contribution
https://acs.figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/Unraveling_the_Formation_Mechanism_of_Dendritic_Fibrous_Nanosilica/5616511
We
studied the formation mechanism of dendritic fibrous nanosilica
(DFNS) that involves several intriguing dynamical steps. Through electron
microscopy and real-time small-angle X-ray scattering studies, it
has been demonstrated that the structural evolution of bicontinuous
microemulsion droplets (BMDs) and their subsequent coalescence, yielding
nanoreactor template, is responsible for to the formation of complex
DFNS morphology. The role of cosurfactant has been found to be quite
crucial, which allowed the understanding of this intricate mechanism
involving the complex interplay of self-assembly, dynamics of BMDs
formation, and coalescence. The role of BMDs in formation of DFNS
has not been reported so far and the present work allows a deeper
molecular-level understanding of DFNS formation.