Surface diffusion driven nanoshell formation by controlled sintering of mesoporous nanoparticle aggregates

Anumol, EA and Viswanathan, B and Ganesan, PG and Shi, Yunfeng and Ramanath, Ganpati and Ravishankar, N (2010) Surface diffusion driven nanoshell formation by controlled sintering of mesoporous nanoparticle aggregates. In: Nanoscale, 2 (8). pp. 1423-1425.

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Abstract

We report a general method for the synthesis of hollow structures of a variety of functional inorganics by partial sintering of mesoporous nanocrystal aggregates. The formation of a thin shell initiates the transport of mass from the interior leading to growth of the shell. The principles are general and the hollow structures thus produced are attractive for many applications including catalysis, drug delivery and biosensing.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	Nanoscale
Publisher:	Royal Society of Chemistry
Additional Information:	Copyright of this article belongs to Royal Society of Chemistry.
Department/Centre:	Division of Chemical Sciences > Materials Research Centre
Date Deposited:	06 Sep 2010 10:50
Last Modified:	19 Sep 2010 06:15
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/31971

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