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Synthesis of high-surface area CeO2 through silica xerogel template: influence of cerium salt precursor”;
2010
Abstract Ceria nanosized oxides with high surface area were synthesized by means of a templating approach, using a porous silica xerogel with surface area as high as 718 m2/g. After impregnation of the silica template with the cerium salt solution and further calcination at 600 °C, the final ceria oxide was recovered by dissolving the silica framework in NaOH solution. The effect of cerium counteranion, nitrate or chloride, on the textural and reduction properties of the ceria oxide was examined. Characterizations by BET and pore size distribution, XRD, TPR and SEM/EDX techniques were performed. The silica xerogel templated approach resulted in the preparation of ceria with surface area of …
A Self-Assembled 2D Molecule-Based Magnet: The Honeycomb Layered Material {Co3Cl4(H2O)2[Co(Hbbiz)3]2}
2003
Research in the area of molecule-based magnets is rapidly expanding, owing, in part, to numerous breakthroughs in the past decade.[1] The preparation of solid-state architectures of varying dimensionalities from specifically tailored paramagnetic building blocks has proven to be very successful, and also clearly multidisciplinary. Materials science and supramolecular chemistry efforts have joined forces with classical organic and inorganic chemistry in the design of solid-state materials whose magnetic properties rival, and sometimes even exceed, those of classic inorganic solids.[2] The moleculebased strategy allows for the preparation of unusual materials that cannot otherwise be obtained…
Laponite clay in homopolymer and tri-block copolymer matrices
2007
Macromolecule/laponite nanomaterials were studied by DSC and X-ray diffraction techniques. The matrices are poly(ethylene) glycols at various molecular masses and poly(ethylene oxides)-poly(propylene oxides)-poly(ethylene oxides) tri-block copolymers. The latter were tuned by modulating the molecular masses, at constant hydrophilic/hydrophobic ratio, and the hydrophilicity. For all the investigated systems, the enthalpy of melting (ΔH m) is nearly constant up to a given composition thereafter it increases monotonically reaching the value of the pure macromolecule. We proposed a model to interpret the DSC data. Briefly, it was invoked a mechanism of interaction following which some segments …
Covalently attached polymer mono- and multilayers on silanized glass substrates
1996
Abstract Applying grazing incidence FTIR and ellipsometry, the reaction of poly [(1-methyl-vinyl isocyanate)-alt-(maleic anhydride)](IAP) with amino-silanized glass and silicon oxide surfaces has been investigated. A reactive surface containing isocyanate and anhydride groups was formed after the adsorption of the polymer. The layer could be further functionalized using 2-aminoethanol. Multilayers could be built up by adsorbing a second layer of IAP onto an already reacted first layer of IAP.
On the Stability of Polymeric Nanoparticles Fabricated through Rapid Solvent Mixing.
2018
We study the stability of polymeric nanoparticles fabricated through the rapid mixing of polymers in a good solvent with a poor solvent that is miscible with the good solvent. In previous experiments where water was used as the poor solvent, a negative surface charge was measured on the precipitated nanoparticles, which led to the long-time stability of the dispersion. It was argued that these charges originate presumably from either water or hydroxide adsorption at the hydrophobic nanoparticle surface or from impurities in the feed streams that preferentially adsorb on the precipitated nanoparticles. To elucidate the origin of this stabilization mechanism, we performed experiments wherein …
Detection of polymer compatibility by means of self-organization: poly(ethylene oxide) and poly(sodium 4-styrenesulfonate)
2021
Information on the miscibility of different polymers A and B on a molecular level is important in many ways. However, along the traditional lines this knowledge is difficult and time consuming to achieve. The current study presents a simple alternative, based on the determination of the intrinsic viscosities (specific hydrodynamic volume of isolated coils) for blend solutions in a common solvent. In the case of incompatible polymers, isolated coils contain one macromolecule only, either A or B. In contrast, compatible polymers form mixed isolated coils, because of favorable interactions. The present investigation was carried out for the system water/poly(ethylene oxide)/poly(sodium 4-polyst…
Novel cuprous oxide morphologies using amino acids and carboxylic acids as structure directing agents in a simple hydrothermal method
2021
Abstract The reactivity and catalytic performance of cuprous oxide (Cu2O) particles rely on the size and morphology of the Cu2O crystals. In this study, a facile and mild hydrothermal route is applied to generate novel uniform cuprous oxide microcrystals, using non-toxic and low-cost carboxylic acids (O,O-type) and amino acids (N,O-type) as structure directing agents. N,O-type complexing agents showed a higher ability to reduce the copper species compared to the O,O-type ligands. Using oxalate and citrate complexes, pure Cu2O was obtained after 4 h at 200 °C, whereas the oxalate-based complex leads to the morphology of uniformly stepped microcubes, the citrate complex as precursor leads to …
Sanidics: A new class of mesophases, displayed by highly substituted rigid-rod polyesters and polyamides
1990
Abstract The structure of rigid-chain polyesters and polyamides which possess flexible side chains consisting of methylene or 1,4,7-trioxaoctyl oxide units have been investigated by means of X-ray scattering. The X-ray studies were performed on fibres and monodomains. Additional information was gained from calorimetric, dilatometric and microscopic studies. The investigations revealed that these polymers display mesophases and that the structures of the mesophases differ from those observed for discotic and calamitic phases. They are characterized by the fact that in the ordered and disordered phases board-like molecules are stacked parallel on top of each other and that these stacks of mol…
Design, Synthesis, and Use of Y-Shaped ATRP/NMP Surface Tethered Initiator.
2015
Heterogeneous polymer brushes on surfaces can be easily formed from a binary initiator on a silicon oxide substrate where two different types of polymers can be grown side-by-side. Herein, we designed a new Y-shaped binary initiator using straightforward chemistry for “grafting from” polymer brushes. This initiator synthesis takes advantage of the Passerini reaction, a multicomponent reaction combining two initiator sites and one surface linking site. This Y-shaped binary initiator can be synthesized in three steps with a higher yield than other similar initiators reported in the literature, and can be performed on a multigram scale. We were able to attach the initiator to a silicon oxide s…
Hyperbranched-linear-hyperbranched ABA-type block copolymers based on poly(ethylene oxide) and polyglycerol
2009
BACKGROUND: Until recently, hyperbranched polymers were thought to be ill-defined materials that were not useful as building blocks for well-defined complex polymer architectures. It is a current challenge to develop strategies that offer rapid access to well-defined hyperbranched block copolymers. RESULTS: A convenient three-step protocol for the synthesis of double-hydrophilic hyperbranched–linear–hyperbranched ABA-type triblock copolymers based on poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO) and hyperbranched polyglycerol (hbPG) is presented. The Bola-type polymers exhibiting an aliphatic polyether structure were prepared from a linear (lin) linPG-b-PEO-b-linPG precursor triblock. The materials exhibit lo…