Silica Nanoparticles Day 1 Nano 120A

This is a three-day experiment. On the first day, you will prepare sol-gel silica nanoparticles. On days two and three, you will study their ultrasound signal and characterize their morphology with SEM and nanoparticle tracking analysis (NTA).

00:00 Introduction to pipettes
04:27 Step 1: Prepare hydrolyzed TMOMS
12:00 Step 2: Prepare large batch of nanoparticles
13:52 7 minutes into the synthesis
14:26 Step 3: Monitoring the reaction
20:14 35 minutes into the reaction
21:27 Step 4: Study the effect of precursors
24:13 1 hour into the reaction (From step 2)
24:46 Step 5: Collecting the nanoparticles
30:05 Step 6: Determine mass concentration of nanoparticles