Hydrophilic and hydrophobic silica nanoparticles were synthesized by a cheap, simple and low temperature one-step method. The method involves a catalytic reaction between ammonium hydroxide, tetraethyl orthosilicate (TEOS) and dichlorodimethylsilane...

hydrophobic and hydrophilic nature. During our theoretical and experimental studies on bulk and surface of ILs and also surface of organic liquids we found that both cations and anions greatly affects the hydrophilicity and hydrophobicity. For each model...