Manufacture of Magnesium Oxide Nanoparticles Coated with Silica Shells

MgO@SiO2 core–shell nanoparticles were manufactured, and a synthetic protocol was developed to prepare MgO nanoparticles where the SiO2 shell thickness was less than 10 nm. The influence of synthesis parameters on the formation of MgO@SiO2 nanoparticles was studied. The fact of a SiO2 shell being formed on the MgO surface was established and the sizes of the thus-prepared MgO@SiO2 nanoparticles were determined by TEM and Fourier-transform IR spectroscopy.