Influence of Surfactant Concentration on the Surface Morphology of Hollow Silica Microspheres and Its Explanation

• Published in: Microscopy and microanalysis Vol. 17; no. 5; pp. 766 - 771
• Main Authors: Liu, Shiquan, Wei, Meiying, Cool, Pegie, Van Oers, Cynthia, Rao, Jiancun
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, USA Cambridge University Press 01.10.2011; Oxford University Press
• Subjects: Morphology; Nanoparticles; Scanning electron microscopy; Surfactants; electron microscopy; hollow silica microsphere; surface morphology; surfactant

The surface morphology of hollow silica microspheres has influence on their applications. After a thorough investigation of the deposition of silica nanoparticles on polystyrene (PS) beads and the surface morphology and texture of the resultant hollow silica shells with scanning electron microscopy,...