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ARTICLE /Langmuir Hydrothermal Synthesis of Hollow Silica Spheres under Acidic Conditions Qiyu Yu, Pengpeng Wang, Shi Hu, Junfeng Hui, Jing Zhuang, and Xun Wang* Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, P.R. China S Supporting Information b ABSTRACT: It is well-known that silica can be etched in alkaline media or in a unique hydrofluoric acid (HF) solution, which is widely used to prepare various kinds of hollow nanostructures (including silica hollow structures) via silica- templating methods. In our experiments, we found that stober€ silica spheres could be etched in generic acidic media in a well- controlled way under hydrothermal conditions, forming well- defined hollow/rattle-type silica spheres. Furthermore, some salts such as NaCl and Na2SO4 were found to be favorable for the formation of hollow/rattle-type silica spheres. ’INTRODUCTION developed a surface-protecting etching method to fabricate Hollow silica spheres (HSSs) have attracted intense interest in a hollow/rattle-type silica nanostructures using poly(vinyl wide variety of applications, such as catalysis, sensors, and micro- pyrrolidone) (PVP) as the protecting ligand. The self-templating vessels for drug delivery and nanoreactors.17 A conceptually methods proved to be very simple and effective. straightforward strategy for preparation of HSSs should be the Either in these structural difference-based etching methods