Yolk–shell magnetic mesoporous microspheres exhibit potential applications in biomedicine, bioseparation, and catalysis. Most previous reports focus on establishing various interface assembly strategies to construct yolk–shell mesoporous structures, while little work has been done to control their surface topology and study their relevant applications. Herein, a unique kind of broccoli‐like yolk–shell magnetic mesoporous silica (YS‐BMM) microsphere is fabricated through a surfactant‐free kinetic controlled interface assembly strategy. The obtained YS‐BMM microspheres possess a well‐defined structure consisting of a magnetic core, middle void, mesoporous silica shell with tunable surface roughness, large superparamagnetism (36.4 emu g−1), high specific surface area (174 m2g−1), and large mesopores of 10.9 nm. Thanks to these merits and properties, the YS‐BMM microspheres are demonstrated to be an ideal support for immobilization of ultrafine Pt nanoparticles (≈3.7 nm) and serve as superior nanocatalysts for hydrogenation of 4‐nitrophenol with yield of over 90% and good magnetic recyclability. Furthermore, YS‐BMM microspheres show excellent biocompatibility and can be easily phagocytosed by osteoclasts, revealing a potential candidate in sustained drug release in orthopedic disease therapy.
Core–shell magnetic porous microspheres have wide applications in drug delivery, catalysis and bioseparation, and so on. However, it is great challenge to controllably synthesize magnetic porous microspheres with uniform well‐aligned accessible large mesopores (>10 nm) which are highly desired for applications involving immobilization or adsorption of large guest molecules or nanoobjects. In this study, a facile and general amphiphilic block copolymer directed interfacial coassembly strategy is developed to synthesize core–shell magnetic mesoporous microspheres with a monolayer of mesoporous shell of different composition (FDUcs‐17D), such as core–shell magnetic mesoporous aluminosilicate (CS‐MMAS), silica (CS‐MMS), and zirconia‐silica (CS‐MMZS), open and large pores by employing polystyrene‐block‐poly (4‐vinylpyridine) (PS‐
- NSF-PAR ID:
- 10061409
- Publisher / Repository:
- Wiley Blackwell (John Wiley & Sons)
- Date Published:
- Journal Name:
- Advanced Materials
- Volume:
- 30
- Issue:
- 26
- ISSN:
- 0935-9648
- Format(s):
- Medium: X
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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