CARBONIZED FIBROUS RESIN AS A NEW SORBENT FOR SAMPLING POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS （PAHS）IN AMBIENT AIR

A new sampling method of ambient air analysis using carbonized fibrous resin as a sorbent for polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons(PAHs) was reported.The physical and chemical properties of the carbonized fibrous resins were measured.The sample pretreatment with ultrasonic extraction and subsequent clean-up elution through a silica gel column was optimized.The suitable ultrasonic extraction conditions were selected as follows:resin weight was 1.5g,ultrasonic extraction time 20min,volume of extraction solvent 100 ml and extraction operation times 2-3.The concentrated extractable organic matter was submitted to next step of clean-up procedure of adsorption chromatography on silica gel column/n-hexane and a mixture of dichloromethene:n-hexane solution 2:3(v/v).The PAHs fractions in the real samples from Changzhou,China were particularly analyzed using GC-MS data system and the data of mass spectra,retention times and scan numbers of the real samples were compared with that of the standards of 16 PAHs listed by the US EPA as “priority pollutants” of the environment. The pretreatment of samples of ambient air with carbonized fibrous resin as a sorbent for PAHs is proved to be reliable and might be used for the procedure of the determination of PAHs in atmospheric environment.     

Effect of ZSM-5 zeolite morphology on the catalytic performance of the alkylation of toluene with methanol

A series of ZSM-5 zeolites, with the morphologies of sphere, sphere with cubic particles on the surface, and cubic particles, were synthesized by hydrothermal method using n-butylamine as the template, assisted by the addition of NaCl and crystal seed. X-ray diffraction(XRD),scanning electron microscope(SEM), X-ray fluorescence(XRF) and temperature-programmed desorption of ammonia(NH3-TPD) were used to characterize these samples. The samples were tested with toluene methylation reaction. The modified sample composed of spherical particles with 3 μm crystal particles on the surface had a para-xylene selectivity of 95% and maintained 79% of the initial conversion after running the reaction for 50 h. This modified sample showed the best stability among the tested three modified samples.     

Effect of ZSM-5 zeolite morphology on the catalytic performance of the alkylation of toluene with methanol

A series of ZSM-5 zeolites, with the morphologies of sphere, sphere with cubic particles on the surface, and cubic particles, were synthesized by hydrothermal method using n-butylamine as the template, assisted by the addition of NaCl and crystal seed. X-ray diffraction(XRD),scanning electron microscope(SEM), X-ray fluorescence(XRF) and temperature-programmed desorption of ammonia(NH3-TPD) were used to characterize these samples. The samples were tested with toluene methylation reaction. The modified sample composed of spherical particles with 3 μm crystal particles on the surface had a para-xylene selectivity of 95% and maintained 79% of the initial conversion after running the reaction for 50 h. This modified sample showed the best stability among the tested three modified samples.     

SUPPRESSION OF CELL ADHESION ON POLYACRYLONITRILE-BASED MEMBRANES BY THE ANCHORING OF PHOSPHOLIPID MOIETIES

In this work, the membrane surface of poly（acrylonitrile-co-2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate） （PANCHEMA） was chemically modified by anchoring of phospholipid moieties. The process involved the reaction of hydroxyl groups on the membrane surface with 2-chloro-2-oxo-1,3,2-dioxaphospholane （COP） followed by the ring-opening reaction of COP with trimethylamine. Chemical differences between the original and the modified membranes were characterized by FT-IR and XPS, It was found that the amount of macrophage adhered on the modified membrane surface is substantially lower than that on polyacrylonitrile （PAN） and PANCHEMA membranes under the same condition, The morphological change of the adherent cell is also suppressed by the generation ofphospholipid moieties on the membrane surface.     

PREPARATION AND PROPERTIES OF FUMED SILICA/CYANATE ESTER NANOCOMPOSITES

Fumed silica/bisphenol A dicyanate ester（BADCy）nanocomposites were prepared by introducing different contents of nano-sized fumed SiO₂ into the BADCy matrix.Two different average primary particle diameters of 12 and 40 nm were chosen.Dibutyltindilaurate（DBTDL）catalyst was chosen to catalyze the cyanate ester group into triazine group via cyclotrimerization reaction.The SEM micrographs indicated that the fumed SiO₂ particles were homogeneously dispersed in the poly（bisphenol A dicyanate）matrix by means of ultrasonic treatment and the addition of a coupling agent. The FTIR spectroscopy shows that,not only DBTDL catalyzes the polymerization reaction but also-OH groups of the SiO₂ particles surface help the catalyst for the complete polymerization of BADCy monomer.The thermal stability of the cured BADCy can be improved by adequate addition of fumed SiO₂.A slight increase in the dielectric constant and dielectric loss values were identified by testing the dielectric properties of the prepared nanocomposite samples.By increasing the SiO₂ content,there was a slight increasing in the thermal conductivity values of the tested samples.The obtained results proved that the fumed silica/BADCy nanocomposites had good thermal and dielectrical properties and can be used in many applications such as in the thermal insulation field.     

DETERMINATION OF DEGREE OF BONDED PHASE AT SILICA,GEL SURFACE USED FOR CHROMOTOGRAPHIC PACKING MATERIALS

Most of the packing materials used for liquid chtomototyraphy takes silica,gel as base The surface cf silica gel is modified by grafting of various functional bond phase to meet the purpose of separation and analysis.In some literatures,only the grafting method and the elemental analysis of bonded phase were reported.No detail quantitative determination has yet been published.This article describes the quantitative determination of material grafted on silica gel prepared by coupling reaction of silica gel with different concentrations of v-glycidoxyproplsiyl(P-GOPS) in water by differential thermal analysis(DTA) thermogravimetry(TG),element analysis(EA) and solution adsorption method.The results obtained are in agreement with those obtained by X-ray photon scat tering(XPS) method     

Preparation of quercetin imprinted core-shell organosilicate microspheres using surface imprinting technique

In this work,the quercetin imprinted core-shell microspheres were prepared using silica surface imprinting technique.A simple sol-gel procedure was used for the synthesis of the imprinted materials with 3-aminopropyltriethoxysilane as functional monomer and tetraethyl orthosilicate as crosslinker.The SEM images indicated that the MIPs shell was successfully grafted onto the silica surface.The characteristics of the molecularly imprinted polymers such as capacity,selectivity and absorption dynamic were investigated by rebinding experiments.The results showed that the prepared MIPs had good imprinting effect and adsorption amount of quercetin.     

GRAFTING OF SULFOBETAINE ONTO A POLYURETHANE SURFACE TO IMPROVE BLOOD COMPATIBILITY

On the molecular level, it is believed that polymers containing zwitterionic structures should be compatible withblood. In this work polyurethane films were grafted with sulfobetaine by a three-step procedure. In the first step, the films'surfaces were treated with hexamethylene diisocyanate (HDI) in toluene at 50℃ in the presence of di-n-butyl tin dilaurate(DBTDL) as a catalyst. The extent of the reaction was monitored by ATR-IR spectra; a maximum number of free NCOgroups was obtained after a reaction time of 90 min. In the second step, the hydroxyl groups of N,N-dimethylethylethanolamine (DMEA) were allowed to react in toluene with NCO groups bound on the surface. In the thirdstep, sulfobetaines were formed on the surface through the ring-opening reaction between tertiary amine of DMEA and 1,3-propanesultone (PS). The surfaces of the films were characterized by ATR-IR and XPS showing that the grafted surfaceswere composed of sulfobetaine. The results of the contact angle measurement show that the surface was strongly hydrophilic.The platelet adhesion test demonstrated that the films grafted with sulfobetaine have excellent blood compatibility.     

Catalytic performances of Ni/mesoporous SiO2 catalysts for dry reforming of methane to hydrogen

Several mesoporous silicas with different morphologies were controllably prepared by sol-gel method with adjustable ratio of dual template,and they were further impregnated with aqueous solution of nickel nitrate,followed by calcination in air.The synthesized silica supports and supported nickel samples were characterized using N₂-adsorption/desorption,X-ray diffraction（XRD）,H₂ temperature-programmed reduction（H₂-TPR）,Scanning electron microscope（SEM）,Transmission electron microscope（TEM） and thermo-gravimetric analysis（TGA-DTG） techniques.The Ni nanoparticles supported on shell-like silica are highly dispersed and yielded much narrower nickel particle-size than those on other mesoporous silica.The methane reforming with dioxide carbon reaction results showed that Ni nanoparticles supported on shell-like silica carrier exhibited the better catalytic performance and catalytic stability than those of nickel catalyst supported on other silica carrier.The thermo-gravimetric analysis on used nickel catalysts uncovered that catalyst deactivation depends on the type and nature of the coke deposited.The heterogeneous nature of the deposited coke was observed on nickel nanoparticles supported on spherical and peanut-like silica.Much narrower and lower TGA derivative peak was founded on Ni catalyst supported on the shell-like silica.     

Fabrication of NiO coated SiO2 and SiO2 coated NiO for the removal of Pb2＋ ions

We have prepared silica,SiO2coated NiO and NiO coated SiO2by sol-gel method.The physicochemical properties of the desired materials were investigated by surface charge properties,scanning electron microscopy（SEM）,energy dispersive X-ray（EDX） spectroscopy,surface area measurements and X-ray diffraction（XRD） analyses.The point of zero charge（PZC） of the solid was determined by the salt addition method.In coated materials,two PZC values were noted representing the surface charge of their counterparts.The SEM image of SiO2coated NiO displays a uniform coating of silica on the surface of NiO whereas in case of NiO coated SiO2,a honeycomb like appearance was observed with highly porous structures.In the diffractograms of NiO,the characteristic peaks were suppressed in NiO coated silica however,no diffraction peak could be seen in SiO2coated NiO.Batch adsorption technique was applied for the removal of Pb2＋ions from aqueous solution.The sorption trend for Pb2＋ions was observed in the order of NiO coated SiO2〉 SiO2coated NiO 〉 NiO 〉 SiO2.This trend confirms that the coated materials have more sorption capacities than their parent counterparts.     

Mechanistic investigation of hydrolysis reactions of dithioacetal derivatives grafted on silica gels

Silica gels believed to be grafted with dithioacetal derivatives were recently used for Hg(II) extraction, and were found to selectively remove 94-100% of Hg²⁺ ions from metal ion mixtures. The current studies with one derivative suggest that the functional group in the Hg(II) removal is the mercapto (SH) ligand. The dithioacetal group in (ClCOCH₂S)₂CHPh (2) was hydrolyzed during its reaction with amine (O)₃Si(CH₂)₃NH₂ (3) grafted on silica gel to give the mercapto ligand (O)₃Si(CH₂)₃NHCOCH₂SH (4). The silica gel grafted with the mercapto ligand 4 selectively removed Hg²⁺ ions with reported high capacities.     

Thermally Induced Silane Dehydrocoupling on Silicon Nanostructures

Organic trihydridosilanes can be grafted to hydrogen‐terminated porous Si nanostructures with no catalyst. The reaction proceeds efficiently at 80 °C, and it shows little sensitivity to air or water impurities. The modified surfaces are stable to corrosive aqueous solutions and common organic solvents. Octadecylsilane H₃Si(CH₂)₁₇CH₃, and functional silanes H₃Si(CH₂)₁₁Br, H₃Si(CH₂)₉CH=CH₂, and H₃Si(CH₂)₂(CF₂)₅CF₃ are readily grafted. When performed on a mesoporous Si wafer, the perfluoro reagent yields a superhydrophobic surface (contact angle 151°). The bromo‐derivative is converted to azide, amine, or alkyne functional surfaces via standard transformations, and the utility of the method is demonstrated by loading of the antibiotic ciprofloxaxin (35 % by mass). When intrinsically photoluminescent porous Si films or nanoparticles are used, photoluminescence is retained in the grafted products, indicating that the chemistry does not introduce substantial nonradiative surface traps.     

Cobalt Functionalization of Mesoporous Silica by Organosilane Grafting

MCM‐41, MCM‐48, and SBA‐15 have been functionalized with cobalt by grafting of different organosilane molecules and then calcined to remove the organic moieties. The materials have been characterized by N₂‐sorption, UV‐vis spectroscopy, TPR, ICP‐AES, XRD, and TGA. The nature of the formed cobalt species is dependent upon the number of amine groups in the organosilane molecules, due to the strength of the complexation. Only one amine group in the silane molecule leads to precipitation of Co₃O₄ particles during calcination, while two or more amine groups lead to the formation of cobalt silica at the surface. The obtained amount of precipitated cobalt in the samples is also dependent upon the number of amine groups and on the chain length of the silane molecules and the pore structure on the mesoporous material.     

Silylating Agents Grafted onto Silica Derived from Leached Chrysotile

Silica from leached chrysotile fibers (SILO) was silanized with trialkoxyaminosilanes to yield inorganic–organic hybrids designated SILx (x=1–3). The greatest amounts of the immobilized agents were quantified as 2.14, 1.90, and 2.18 mmol g⁻¹ on SIL1, SIL2, and SIL3 for –(CH₂)₃NH₂,–(CH₂)₃NH(CH₂)₂NH₂, and –(CH₂)₃NH(CH₂)₂NH(CH₂)₂NH₂ groups attached to the inorganic support. The infrared spectra for all modified silicas showed the absence of the Si–OH deformation mode, originally found at 950 cm⁻¹, and the appearance of asymmetric and symmetric C–H stretching bands at 2950 and 2840 cm⁻¹. Other important bands associated with the organic moieties were assigned to ν_as(NH) at 3478 and ν_sym(NH) at 3418 cm⁻¹. The NMR spectrum of the solid precursor material suggested two different kinds of silicon atoms: silanol and siloxane groups, between −90 and 110 ppm; however, additional species of silicon that contain the organic moieties bonded to silicon at −58 and −66 ppm appeared after chemical modification. These modified silicas showed a high adsorption capacity for cobalt and copper cations in aqueous solution, in contrast to the original SILO matrix, confirming the unequivocal anchoring of silylating agents on the silica surface.     

Synthesis and characterization of hybrids derived from vermiculite chloropropyl and aliphatic diamines

Silylation of vermiculite surface with organosilane (H₃CO)₃SiR, being R is the corresponding organic moieties –CH₂CH₂CH₂Cl, were carried out to yield organofunctionalized nanomaterial, named as VCl. The product reacted subsequently with three aliphatic diamines H₂N (CH₂)_nNH₂ (n=2, 4 and 6). The new hybrids were characterized by elemental analysis, infrared spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction and thermogravimetry. The grafting chloro derivates onto surface amounted to 2.1 mmol g^–1. The incorporation of alkyl amines was more effective for butyl>ethylene>hexyldiamines. The sequence is in agreement with thermogravimetry and elemental analysis data.     

Synthesis of Polysiloxane-Immobilized Monoamine,Diamine, and Triamine Ligand Systems in the Presence of CTAB and Their Applications

Abstract

Polysiloxane-immobilized monoamine, diamine, and triamine ligand systems of the general formula P-(CH₂)₃-X [where P represents a polysiloxane three-dimension silica like network, and X represents monoamine(-NH₂), diamine (-NH(CH₂)₂NH₂), or triamine (-NH(CH₂)₂NH(CH₂)₂NH₂) functional ligand groups] were prepared by hydrolytic polycondensation of the tetraethylorthosilicate (TEOS) and the appropriate amine silane coupling agent (RO)₃Si-(CH₂)₃X in the presence of cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) as surfactant using the sol-gel method. The polysiloxane-immobilized amine ligand systems exhibit a higher potential for divalent metal ions (Cu²⁺, Ni²⁺, Co²⁺) when CTAB was used as surfactant than those of the corresponding polysiloxane ligand systems prepared without CTAB. X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS) analyses show a significant change in the surface composition as resulting from the incorporation of CTAB, which can be related to the increase in the uptake of metal ions.     

The nature of lyophobic coating and the adsorption of organic molecules and water on modified silicas

The protective properties of lyophobic layers of various natures chemically grafted to a silica carrier were comparatively studied. The modifiers were silanes with the compositions CF₃(CH₂)₂Si(CH₃)₂Cl (CF₃), C₈H₁₇Si(CH₃)₂Cl (C₈H₁₇), and ClSi(CH₃)₂[OSi(CH₃)₂]₂Cl (OMS). The differences between the surface properties of chemically modified silicas observed in adsorption, chromatographic, and IR spectroscopic measurements were shown to be related to a nonuniform electron density distribution in CF₃ grafted radicals and the special features of the structure of CF₃ and OMS grafted layers caused by the possibility of interaction between the terminal groups of these radicals and the surface of the carrier. Modified silicas possessed low surface energy and were superhydrophobic materials. The sample with grafted octyl groups C₈H₁₇ had the highest stability with respect to water.     

Preparation and enhanced properties of poly(propylene)/ silica‐grafted‐hyperbranched polyester nanocomposites

A series of poly(propylene) silica‐grafted‐hyperbranched polyester nanocomposites by grafting the modified hyperbranched polyester (Boltorn? H20), possessing theoretically 50% end carboxylic groups and 50% end hydroxyl groups, which endcapped with octadecyl isocyanate (C19), onto the surface of SiO₂ particles (30 nm) through 3‐glycidoxy‐propyltrimethoxysilane (GPTS) was prepared. The effect of silica‐grafted‐modified Boltorn? H20 on the mechanical properties of polypropylene (PP) was investigated by tensile and impact tests. The morphological structure of impact fracture surface and thermal behavior of the composites were determined by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), respectively. The melt viscosity of composites was investigated by melt flow index (MFI). The obtained results showed that: (1) the modified Boltorn? H20 was successfully grafted onto the SiO₂ surface confirmed by FT‐IR and X‐ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) analysis; (2) the incorporation of silica‐grafted‐modified Boltorn? H20 (3–5 wt% SiO₂) greatly enhanced the notched impact strength as well the tensile strength of the composites; (3) the incorporation of silica‐grafted‐modified Boltorn? H20 had no influence on the melting temperature and crystallinity of PP phase; (4) the MFI of PP composites increased when the silica‐grafted‐modified Boltorn? H20 particles were added compared with PP/SiO₂ or PP/SiO₂‐GPTS composites. Copyright © 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Theoretical study of reaction channels for the weakly bound complex systems created with HF,CO2, and various amines

This investigation conducted reaction channels of weakly bound complexes CO₂…HF, CO₂…HF…NH₃, CO₂…HF…NH₂CH₃, CO₂…HF…NH(CH₃)₂, and CO₂…HF…N(CH₃)₃ systems, using the Gaussian 98 package at the B3LYP/6‐311++G(3df,2pd) level. The syn‐fluoroformic acid or syn‐fluoroformic acid plus NH₃ or amine conformers are more stable than the related anti‐fluoroformic acid or anti‐fluoroformic acid plus NH₃ or amine conformers. However, the above‐mentioned weakly bound complexes are more stable than both the related syn‐ and anti‐type fluoroformic acid or acid plus NH₃ or amine conformers and their related decomposed into CO₂ + HF or CO₂ + NHR₃F (R?H, CH₃) combined molecular systems. Five reaction channels of the weakly bound complexes exist. Each channel includes weakly bound complexes and their related above‐mentioned systems. Moreover, each reaction channel contains two transition states. The transition state between the weakly bound complex and anti‐fluoroformic acid type structure (T₁₃) is significantly higher than that of internal rotation (T₂₃) between syn‐ and anti‐FCO₂H (or FCO₂H…NR₃) structures. However, the above‐mentioned T₁₃ can significantly decrease its energy by adding the third molecule NH₃ or NR₃ (R?H or CH₃). The more CH₃ that is substituted in NR₃ of the reaction channel, the lower the activation energy of the transition state in the system is affected. © 2005 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Int J Quantum Chem, 2005     

Synthesis and mass spectrometry characterization of centrally and terminally amine‐functionalized polyisobutylenes

This article reports the facile synthesis of novel terminally and centrally functionalized polyisobutylenes (PIBs) and the detailed characterization of the products by various mass spectrometry techniques. Specifically, H? PIB? CH₂? C(OH)CH₃? CH₂? NHCH₃ and [H? PIB? CH₂? CH(OH)CH₃? CH₂]₂? NCH₃ were synthesized by the quantitative epoxidation of H? PIB? CH₂? C(CH₃)?CH₂ and the subsequent conversion of the resulting epoxide with excess CH₃NH₂. Quaternization with CH₃Cl of these mixtures of secondary and tertiary amines yielded exclusively H? PIB? CH₂? C(OCH₃)CH₃? CH₂? N(CH₃)₂ from the secondary amine, whereas the tertiary (centrally functionalized) amine remained unchanged. Tandem mass spectrometry experiments provided unique insight into the precise connectivity of the functional end groups added to the PIB frame. © 2005 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem 43: 946–958, 2005