A facile strategy for synthesis of nearly white light emitting mesoporous silica nanoparticles

A series of novel fluorescent mesoporous silica nanoparticles (MSNs) was fabricated by introducing blue-light emitting Zn complex of benzothiazole (BTZ) and orange-red light dye (Rhodamine B). The near white-light MSNs can be easily obtained by controlling the ratio of RhB to BTZ-Zn complex.