PDMS rubber as a single-source precursor for templated growth of silica nanotubes

  • Yongxing Hu
  • , Jianping Ge
  • , Yadong Yin*
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) rubber can be thermally decomposed in air to produce silica vapor species which can deposit on porous anodic aluminum oxide (AAO) templates to produce silica nanotubes with a smooth surface and highly controllable thickness.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)914-916
Number of pages3
JournalChemical Communications
Issue number8
DOIs
StatePublished - 2009
Externally publishedYes

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