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Silica-Ceria Hybrid Nanostructures
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 29 August 2012
Abstract
A new hybrid material system that consists of ceria attached silica nanoparticles has been developed. Because of the versatile properties of silica and antioxidant properties of ceria nanoparticles, this material system is ideally suited for biomedical applications. The silica particles of size ∼50nm were synthesized by the Stöber synthesis method and ceria nanoparticles of size ∼2-3nm was attached to the silica surface using a hetrocoagulation method. The presence of silanol groups on the surface of silica particles mediated homogenous nucleation of ceria which were attached to silica surface by Si-O-Ce bonding. The formations of silica-ceria hybrid nanostructures were characterized by X-photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and high resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM). The HRTEM image confirms the formation of individual crystallites of ceria nanoparticles attached to the silica surface. The XPS analysis indicates that ceria nanoparticles are chemically bonded to surface of silica and possess mixture of +3 and +4 chemical states.
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- MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 1471: Symposium YY – Rare-Earth-Based Materials , 2012 , mrss12-1471-yy04-13
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- Copyright © Materials Research Society 2012