Synthesis of Hollow Silica Nanoparticle Aggregates from Asymmetric Methyltrimethoxysilane Using a Modified SBA-15 Method.

This work presents the synthesis and characterization of hollow silica particles that were fabricated with the asymmetric methyltrimethoxysilane (MTMS) as the only silica precursor, by using a modified SBA-15 synthesis method, for the first time. The MTMS concentration was varied in the range from 0.300 to 0.