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Monodispersed hollow periodic mesoporous organosilica nanoparticles (HPMO-NPs) with a controlled core cavity and a periodic mesoporous organosilica (PMO) shell are successfully synthesized using a dual templating approach. The PMO shell synthesized by the sol–gel route exhibits a hybrid organic-inorganic framework based on phenylene bridges. The HPMO spherical nanoparticles with a diameter above 500��nm were characterized using a multiscale approach through TEM, BET, SAXS, and FT-IR. They are shown to offer an open periodic mesoporosity, a hollow cavity with a size tailored by the diameter of the core template, and finally, a high surface area (833 m2 · g−1). In addition, we demonstrate that, through the same approach, the size of these hollow spherical nanoparticles can be tuned. Indeed, sub-50-nm hollow nanoparticles with mesoporous shells have also been obtained. The differences observed in the textural properties of these two sizes of hollow mesoporous nano-objects are discussed.
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Dual templating strategy to synthesize HPMO nanospheres.
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Successful size-tuning of HPMO nanoparticles using hard template route.
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Uniform and monodisperse HPMO nanoparticles confirmed by TEM analysis.
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We acknowledge Saïd Tahir (L2C, Montpellier, France) for SEM analyses and Dr Erwan Oliviero and Franck Godiard (Plateforme Microscopie Electronique et Analytique, University of Montpellier) for TEM experiments. Infrared measurements were carried out on the IRRAMAN technological platform of the University of Montpellier. This project is supported by the LabEx NUMEV within the I-Site MUSE and was also developed within the scope of the projects CICECO-Aveiro Institute of Materials (UIDB/50011/2020, UIDP/50011/2020 and LA/P/0006/2020) and The Shape of Water (PTDC/NAN-PRO/3881/2020) financed by Portuguese funds through the FCT/MEC (PIDDAC). IEM thanks LabEx NUMEV and The Shape of Water FCT project for the PhD co-tutelle grant.
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El Moujarrad, I., Le Parc, R., Carcel, C. et al. Size-tuning of hollow periodic mesoporous organosilica nanoparticles (HPMO-NPs) using a dual templating strategy. J Sol-Gel Sci Technol 107, 302–311 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10971-023-06139-1
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