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Chem. Commun., 2005, 4517 - 4519, DOI: 10.1039/b506171g


A simple extrusion method for the synthesis of aligned silica nanowires using the template of a rigid surfactant mesophase

Limin Liu, Grace Tan, Vivek Agarwal, Arijit Bose, Jibao He, Gary L. McPherson and Vijay T. John


Long range alignment of silica nanowires has been accomplished by extrusion of a novel surfactant mesophase prior to silica synthesis.

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