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Asymmetrically Modified Silica Particles: A Simple Particulate Surfactant for Stabilization of Oil Droplets in Water

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Yoshiko K. Takahara,^† Shigeru Ikeda,*^†^‡ Satoru Ishino,^† Koji Tachi,^† Keita Ikeue,^‡ Takao Sakata,^† Toshiaki Hasegawa,^† Hirotaro Mori,^† Michio Matsumura,^† and Bunsho Ohtani^§

Contribution from the Research Center for Solar Energy Chemistry, Osaka University, 1-3 Machikaneyama, Toyonaka 560-8531, Japan, PRESTO, Japan Science and Technology Agency, 4-1-8 Honcho, Kawaguchi 332-0012, Japan, Research Center for Ultra-High Voltage Electron Microscopy, Osaka University, 7-1, Mihogaoka, Ibaraki 567-0047, Japan, and Catalysis Research Center, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 001-0021, Japan

J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2005, 127 (17), pp 6271–6275

DOI: 10.1021/ja043581r

Publication Date (Web): April 9, 2005

Abstract

Spherical silica particles that are able to assemble at a phase boundary of a dual-phase mixture of water and an immiscible organic solvent were prepared by a partial modification of their surface hydroxyl groups with an alkylsilylation agent. Scanning electron microscopic observation of these particles in which their remaining surface hydroxyl groups had been selectively modified with colloidal gold particles revealed that each particle has an asymmetric surface structure: one side of the surface is hydrophilic and the other is hydrophobic. We found that these particles could form a micellar structure in water in the presence of an organic solution of a toluene/polystyrene mixture. The micellar structure was evidenced by formation of golf-ball-like polystyrene particles with dimples imprinting morphologies of the hydrophobic part of modified silica particles.

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