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. 2018 Dec 15;31(2):521–531. doi: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.8b04607

Table 1. Amount of Reagents Used in a “Standard” Synthesis of Silica rodsa.

component amount amount (moles)
pentanol 10.0 mL 92 mmol
PVP 1.0 g 25 μmol
ethanol 1.0 mL 17.4 mmol
water 0.280 mL 15.5 mmol
sodium citrate (0.17 M) 0.067 mL 11.4 μmol sodium citrate, 3.7 mmol water
ammonia (25%) 0.225 mL 1.7 mmol ammonia, 9.4 mmol water
TEOS 0.10 mL 0.45 mmol
a

After the addition of TEOS, the reaction was continued for 24 h.