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Young-Hyun Lim 1 Article
Effect of Reaction Parameters on Silica Nanoparticles Synthesized by Sol-gel Method
Young-Hyun Lim, Do Kyung Kim, Young-Keun Jeong
J Powder Mater. 2016;23(6):442-446.   Published online December 1, 2016
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4150/KPMI.2016.23.6.442
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The sol-gel method is the simplest method for synthesizing monodispersed silica particles. The purpose of this study is to synthesize uniform, monodisperse spherical silica nanoparticles using tetraethylorthosilicate (TEOS) as the silica precursor, ethanol, and deionized water in the presence of ammonia as a catalyst. The reaction time and temperature and the concentration of the reactants are controlled to investigate the effect of the reaction parameters on the size of the synthesized particles. The size and morphology of the obtained silica particles are investigated using transmission electron microscopy and particle size analysis. The results show that monodispersed silica particles over a size range of 54-504 nm are successfully synthesized by the sol-gel method without using any additional process. The nanosized silica particles can be synthesized at higher TEOS/H2O ratios, lower ammonia concentrations, and especially, higher reaction temperatures.


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