Published October 31, 2008
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Effect of synthesis time on yield and particle growth of silica nanosphere
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Department of Chemistry, Anna University, Chennai-600 025, India
E-mail : venkatathrin@yahoo.com
Manuscript received 1 November 2007, revised 5 May 2008, accepted 16 July 2008
The yield and particle growth of silica nanosphere were studied with respect to reaction time. It is found that the yield gives a half S type curve with reaction time. A bimodal particle size was observed through out the reaction time. With time, the minor particles were increased up to certain size. The other particles were stable as such. An addition of octadecyltrimethoxy silane was normalizing the particle size. In both the cases, the particle shape did not change with any time from nanosphere.