Immobilization of naringinase on mesoporous molecular sieve MCM-41 and its application to debittering of white grapefruit

Naringinase was bound to mesoporous silica MCM-41 via adsorption with glutaraldehyde and used to debitter white grapefruit. K_m value of the immobilized naringinase was lower than that of free naringinase. The immobilized catalysts showed excellent thermal stability and storage stability and could be recycled 6 times retained about 44.57% activities. The unaltered structural order of the prepared catalyst was characterized with reference to bulky and surface properties by infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), elemental analysis and nitrogen adsorption-desorption isotherms analysis.     

介孔材料MCM-41的导热研究

文章根据二氧化硅介孔材料MCM-41纳米孔结构特点,首先建立和验证了纳米结构单元模型,然后使用平衡分子动力学方法模拟了孔壁热导率;接着耦合孔隙内气体导热,开展了一维传热分析,最终提炼出MCM-41的有效热导率表达式;并对壁厚、孔径和孔隙率对热导率的影响进行了分析.研究结果表明,MCM-41具有良好的绝热性能,其有效热导率随孔隙率增大近似呈线性减小,且表现出各向异性;导热性能沿孔道长度方向表现出准一维特性. 关键词： 有效热导率 介孔材料 MCM-41 平衡分子动力学     

Microwave synthesis and textural property of europium substituted mesoporous molecular sieves

Using cetyltrimethyl ammonium bromide (CTAB) as the template and sodium silicate as the silicon source, the MCM-41 mesoporous molecular sieves with Eu incorporated in the framework were synthesized under microwave irradiation condition and the influence of the Si/Eu molar ratio on the crystalline structure, textural properties and the long-range ordering of the resulting sample was investigated by various physicochemical techniques such as X-ray diffraction (XRD), transmission electron microscope (TEM), diffuse reflectance ultraviolet-visible spectroscopy (UV-vis), thermal gravimetric-differential scanning calorimeter (TG-DSC) and N₂ physical adsorption. The results of N₂ adsorption and XRD reveal that the synthesized sample has the ordered hexagonal mesoporous structure. UV-vis spectra provide the strong evidences that most of europium ions were incorporated into the framework of the MCM-41 sample. The crystalline structure, textural properties and mesoporous ordering of the resultant mesoporous materials are related to the amount of europium incorporation. Small amount europium incorporated into the silica-based MCM-41 does not strongly modify the structure of mesoporous molecular sieve. An increase of the Eu content in sample led to reduction of the specific surface area and the deterioration of the long-range ordering.     

荧光光谱法研究左氧氟沙星与MCM-41的相互作用

采用微波辅助水热法制备介孔分子筛MCM-41,并用浸渍法将左氧氟沙星(LVFX)组装在MCM-41均一的六方形孔道中,制备出新型载药复合物LVFX/MCM-41。用粉末X射线衍射(XRD)、低温氮吸附、傅里叶变换红外光谱(FTIR)及差热-热重(TGA-DTA)分析对MCM-41以及LVFX/ MCM-41复合物进行表征,合成的介孔分子筛MCM-41的孔径为2.382 nm,比表面积为1 015 m2·g-1。对MCM-41、LVFX/MCM-41、LVFX(固态)及LVFX(溶液)的荧光光谱研究结果显示,LVFX/MCM-41的荧光光谱比组装前发生明显红移,表明MCM-41孔道内表面的羟基和LVFX形成氢键,羟基上的电子云向LVFX分子上的吸电子基团转移;同时MCM-41和LVFX之间形成新环,使电子云能在更大的环上移动,药物分子的共轭体系扩大,荧光光谱峰红移。MCM-41与左氧氟沙星之间强的相互作用为研发以MCM-41为载体的新型释药系统提供了理论依据。     

Adsorptive removal and kinetics of methylene blue from aqueous solution using NiO/MCM-41 composite

Highly ordered mesoporous material MCM-41 was synthesized from tetraethylorthosilicate (TEOS) as Si source and cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) as template. Well-dispersed NiO nanoparticles were introduced into the highly ordered mesoporous MCM-41 by chemical precipitation method to prepare the highly ordered mesoporous NiO/MCM-41 composite. X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis, transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and high-resolution TEM (HRTEM), and nitrogen adsorption–desorption measurement were used to examine the morphology and the microstructure of the obtained composite. The morphological study clearly revealed that the synthesized NiO/MCM-41 composite has a highly ordered mesoporous structure with a specific surface area of 435.9 m² g⁻¹. A possible formation mechanism is preliminary proposed for the formation of the nanostructure. The adsorption performance of NiO/MCM-41 composite as an adsorbent was further demonstrated in the removal azo dyes of methyl orange (MO), Congo red (CR), methylene blue (MB) and rhodaming B (RB) under visible light irradiation and dark, respectively. The kinetics and mechanism of removal methylene blue were studied. The results show that NiO/MCM-41 composite has a good removal capacity for organic pollutant MB from the wastewater under the room temperature. Compared with MCM-41 and NiO nanoparticles, 54.2% and 100% higher removal rate were obtained by the NiO/MCM-41 composite.     

多酸-介孔分子筛复合材料的制备、表征及光催化活性

采用浸渍法将具有光催化活性的多金属氧酸盐(polyoxometalate,POM)磷钨酸和硅钨酸负载到介孔分子筛MCM-41,制备了H3PW12O40/MCM-41和H4SiW12O40/MCM-41两种复合材料,以红外光谱(FT-IR)、X射线衍射(XRD)、N2吸附、高分辨透射电镜(HRTEM)等分析手段对所合成的多酸-分子筛复合材料进行了表征,并以农药百草枯的光催化降解考察了复合材料的光催化活性。所合成的复合材料同时保留了母体多酸的Keggin特征结构和载体MCM-41分子筛均匀的六方孔道结构,比表面积超过200m2.g-1。用于农药百草枯的光催化降解实验表明,两种复合材料均具有较高的光催化活性。在365nm紫外光辐照下,以H3PW12O40/MCM-41和H4SiW12O40/MCM-41为催化剂催化反应14h后,百草枯(10mg.L-1)的降解转化率分别达到92.0%和87.6%,反应符合一级化学动力学模型,半衰期分别为3.7和4.6h。     

Synthesis of multi-wall carbon nanotubes by the pyrolysis of ethanol on Fe/MCM-41 mesoporous molecular sieves

Ordered hexagonal arrangement MCM-41 mesoporous molecular sieves were synthesized by the traditional hydrothermal method, and Fe-loaded MCM-41 mesoporous molecular sieves (Fe/MCM-41) were prepared by the wet impregnation method. Their mesoporous structures were testified by X-ray diffraction (XRD) and the N₂ physical adsorption technique. Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) were synthesized by the chemical vapor deposition (CVD) method via the pyrolysis of ethanol at atmospheric pressure using Fe/MCM-41 as a catalytic template. The effect of different reaction temperatures ranging from 600 to 800 ^°C on the formation of CNTs was investigated. The resulting carbon materials were characterized by various physicochemical techniques such as transmission electron microscopy (TEM), high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM), and Raman spectroscopy. The results show that multi-wall carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) with an internal diameter of ca. 7.7 nm and an external diameter of ca. 16.9 nm were successfully obtained by the pyrolysis of ethanol at 800 ^°C utilizing Fe/MCM-41 as a catalytic template.     

MCM-41负载磷钨酸的制备与表征

以十六烷基三甲基溴化铵(CTAB)为表面活性剂,以正硅酸乙酯(TEOS)为硅源,采用水热合成法制备了介孔分子筛MCM-41,并利用浸渍法将磷钨酸(HPW)负载在MCM-41分子筛上,得到HPW/MCM-41催化剂f采用X射线衍射、傅里叶变换红外光谱、透射电镜等手段对负载型催化剂进行了表征.结果表明,磷钨酸负载到MCM-...     

Applicability of classical methods of pore size analysis for MCM-41 and SBA-15 silicas

Two most popular ordered mesoporous silicas, MCM-41 and SBA-15, exhibiting uniform mesopores of approximately cylindrical shapes, have been used as model adsorbents for verification, improvement and/or development of adsorption-based methods for characterization nanoporous materials. While the applicability of the classical methods for pore size analysis was widely examined by employing MCM-41 materials, the large-pore materials such as SBA-15 did not find adequate usage for this type of studies. The current work addresses the issue of applicability of classical methods such as Barrett-Joyner-Hallenda (BJH) and Broekhoff-de Boer (BdB) methods for pore size analysis of mesoporous silicas by using MCM-41 and SBA-15 materials as model adsorbents. In addition, the Kruk-Jaroniec-Sayari (KJS) method, which is based on the BJH algorithm and experimental relations for the pore width and statistical film thickness, is discussed too. While the MCM-41 materials cover the range of small mesopores (about 2-7 nm), the inclusion of SBA-15 materials allowed us to examine the range of the pore diameters up to about 12 nm. The high quality MCM-41 and SBA-15 samples are used to discuss the applicability and limitations of the aforementioned characterization methods and to propose some recommendations for pore size analysis of these materials.     

Synthesis and characterization of a hexagonal mesoporous silica with enhanced thermal and hydrothermal stabilities

A synthetic route was developed for a novel hexagonal mesoporous silica that has remarkably wide channel diameters and thick walls. The procedure involved the acid-catalyzed hydrolysis of tetraethylorthosilicate in a water/ethanol/isopropoanol solvent mixture while employing 1-hexadecylamine as a templating agent and mesitylene as an auxiliary agent. After removal of the template by either extraction with ethanolic hydrochloric acid or by calcination at 550 °C, the resulting mesoporous materials had surface areas of 1283 and 1211 m²/g. The channel diameters were found to be 47.2-51.1 Å, while the wall thicknesses were 20.9-21.1 Å. X-ray powder diffraction demonstrated that the novel mesoporous silica belonged to the MCM-41 structural family. Notably, they displayed higher thermal and hydrothermal stabilities, and have higher surface areas than conventionally prepared MCM-41 silica. The thickest channel walls (21.1 Å) can withstand calcination to nearly 850 °C with minimal structural damage. The calcined sample was more resistant to hydrothermal treatment in boiling water than was the solvent-extracted product but both materials showed minimal change after 25 h of hydrothermal treatment.     

Key factor affecting the structural and textural properties of ZSM-5/MCM-41 composite

ZSM-5/MCM-41 micro/mesoporous composite materials were synthesized by the hydrothermal technique with alkali-treated ZSM-5 zeolite as source of silica and aluminum and characterized by various physico-chemical techniques such as X-ray diffraction (XRD), nitrogen sorption at 77 K, transmission electronic microscopy (TEM), FTIR spectroscopy and NH₃ temperature programmed desorption (TPD) techniques. The effect of concentration of CTAB in the synthesis of these solids has been investigated, the mesopore volume, surface area and surface acidity decrease with increasing the concentration of CTAB. Increasing the CTAB concentration causes the recrystallization of zeolite ZSM-5 and it disadvantage the formation of mesoporous materials MCM-41. The catalytic activity of ZSM-5/MCM-41 materials has been evaluated in the Friedel–Crafts acylation of anisole with benzoyl chloride as alkylating agent. The results revealed the reaction to be influenced by surface area, pore volume and surface acidity.     

Modification of functionalized mesoporous silica on the formation and the catalytic performance of platinum nanocatalysts

Several functionalized mesoporous silicas (MCM-41 and SBA-15 terminated with amino groups by multistep graft) are prepared and used as carriers for platinum nanoparticles. Modification of the grafted molecules is investigated on the component of the silicas and the formation of nanoparticles. Catalytic performance of the loaded platinum nanocatalysts is tested on selective hydrogenation of ortho-chloronitrobenzene (o-CNB). Results indicate that SBA-15 can be grafted with more amino groups than MCM-41. In most cases, small quantity of platinum precursor benefits the formation of small platinum nanoparticles on the functionalized silicas. The platinum nanocatalysts loaded on the one-step grafted silicas hold better catalytic activity and slightly lower selectivity to ortho-chloroaniline (o-CAN) than those loaded on the two-step grafted silicas. Besides the advantage of reuse, the loaded platinum catalysts on the functionalized silicas have similar catalytic property as the colloidal platinum nanocatalysts.     

Effect of the thermal and hydrothermal treatment on textural properties of Zr-MCM-41 mesoporous molecular sieve

Zr-containing mesoporous molecular sieves were synthesized by hydrothermal method using cetyltrimethyl ammonium bromide as a template and sodium silicate and zirconium sulfate as raw materials. The structure and morphology of the synthesized samples were characterized via various physicochemical methods, including X-ray diffraction (XRD), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy, solid state nuclear magnetic resonance (²⁹Si MAS-NMR) techniques, thermal gravimetric-differential scanning calorimeter (TG-DSC) and N₂ physical adsorption, respectively. The effect of the different initial ZrO₂:SiO₂ molar ratio, the different thermal treatment temperature and the different hydrothermal treatment time on textural property was investigated. The experimental results reveal that the as synthesized samples possess a typical mesoporous structure of MCM-41. On the other hand, the specific surface area and pore volume of the synthesized Zr-MCM-41 mesoporous molecular sieve decrease with the increase of the amount of zirconium incorporated in the starting material, the rise of thermal treatment temperature and the prolonging of hydrothermal treatment time, the mesoporous ordering becomes poor. Also, when the molar ratio of ZrO₂:SiO₂ in the starting material is 0.1, the mesoporous structure of the Zr-MCM-41 mesoporous molecular sieve still retains after calcination at 750 °C for 3 h or hydrothermal treatment at 100 °C for 6 d, and have specific surface areas of 423.9 and 563.9 m²/g, respectively.     

Catalytic properties of mesoporous materials supported heteropoly acids for Baeyer-Villiger oxidation of cyclic ketones

Three mesoporous molecular sieves loaded silicotungstic acids, named HSiW/SBA-15, HSiW/MCM-41, HSiW/MCM-48, were prepared and characterised by XRD, FT-IR, TEM and SEM. The catalytic performance of the prepared materials for the Baeyer-Villiger oxidation of cyclic ketones was carried out in the presence of 30%H₂O₂ under mild conditions. These loading materials were proved to be efficient and reusable catalysts, they all exhibited excellent catalytic performance for the Baeyer-Villiger oxidation of cyclic ketones with 30% H₂O₂ as oxidant. Many cyclic ketones were efficiently converted to the corresponding lactones with up to 90% conversions and high selectivities under the optimum reaction conditions.

Cyclic ketones were efficiently oxidised by mesoporous materials sopported silicotungstic acid to the corresponding lactones with 30%H₂O₂ as oxidant. All of the catalysts showed promising recyclability in the reactions.     

Preparation and characterization of carbamoylphosphonate(CMPO) silane grafted on various mesoporous silicas

The carbamoylphosphosphonate silane (CMPO analogue; 2-(diphenylphosphoryl)-N-(3-(triethoxysilyl)propyl) acetamide) modified mesoporous silica was prepared via a post-synthesis grafting method for the effective purification of rare earth elements. The guest CMPO analogue was synthesized by direct coupling reaction of 2-(diphenylphosphoryl) acetic acid and 3-(triethoxysilyl)propan-1-amine. Various mesoporous silicates such as MCM-41, SBA-15, or amorphous silica nanoparticles were adopted as host materials. The resulting surface-modified mesoporous materials were characterized with respect to their structural integrity, surface area, and pore size and the concentration of the CMPO silane species. These CMPO functionalized periodic mesostructured silicates offer the potential of applications as catalysts, sensors, or environmental sorbents.     

A simple and fast sonication procedure to remove surfactant templates from mesoporous MCM-41

We demonstrate a sonication procedure for the removal of structure-directing micellar templates from mesoporous MCM-41. The method uses a 28 KHz ultrasound in an alcoholic solvent for disrupting micellar aggregation of the surfactant molecules, cetyltrimethylammonium bromide, which have filled the pores of the as-synthesized MCM-41. The majority (93%) of the surfactant molecules are removed out from the powder MCM-41 within a 15 min one-step sonication at a moderate temperature of 40°C. The structural and textural characterization techniques reveal that the resulted surfactant-free MCM-41 exhibits higher features compared to that of those obtained using the conventional calcinations approaches. The surfactant molecules are released into alcohol and can be recovered for reuse. This study provides an easy, cost-effective, mild and useful method for template removal from mesoporous materials at conventional conditions.     

Mesoporous silica (MCM-41) effect on (PEO + LiAsF6) solid polymer electrolyte

Composite polymer electrolyte films consisting of polyethylene oxide (PEO), LiAsF₆ and mesoporous silica (MCM-41) with fixed PEO/LiAsF₆ = 90/10 but different weight percent ratios of MCM-41 were prepared using the solution casting method. The polymer electrolyte films were characterized using XRD, DSC, SEM and electrical impedance spectroscopy. In corporation of MCM-41 in a (PEO + LiAsF₆) polymer electrolyte facilitates salt dissociation, enhances ion conductivity, and improves miscibility between organic and inorganic moieties. The scanning electron microscopy (SEM) photographs indicates the electrolytes are miscible and homogeneous up to 10 wt.% of MCM-41, and an optimized conductivity is found at this composition (10 wt.%). However, at higher weight ratios (>10 wt.%), the Li/MCM-41-rich domain developed, and the conductivity decreased with increasing mesoporous material. The electrochemical performance of fabricated electrochemical cells of configuration Li/(PEO + LiAsF₆ + MCM-41)/(MoO₃ + C + PTFE) were investigated.     

Synthesis and characterization of ionic liquid-functionalized alumino-silicate MCM-41 hybrid mesoporous materials

Ionic liquid-functionalized alumino-silicate MCM-41 hybrid mesoporous materials have been synthesized with two-step approach, by means of in situ skeleton doping with aluminium and post surface grafting with N-methylimidazole ionic liquid groups. The samples were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), high resolution transmission electron microscope (HRTEM), N₂ adsorption-desorption, Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectra, ²⁷Al and ¹³C MAS NMR spectra and temperature-programmed desorption (TPD) of NH₃. The results indicated that the bifunctionalized MCM-41 possessed ordered mesostructure. Aluminium was efficiently introduced into the framework of the mesostructure, generating Lewis and Brönsted acid sites. N-methylimidazole ionic liquid groups were covalently grafted onto the surface of mesoporous materials. The as-synthesized bifunctional MCM-41 showed good catalytic performance in the coupling reaction of CO₂ and propylene oxide.     

Wide range humidity sensing of LiCl incorporated in mesoporous silica circular discs

Lithium chloride (LiCl) incorporated MCM-41 has been synthesised by sol-gel method using tetraethyl orthosilicate as a precursor in basic medium. 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30 and 35 wt% of LiCl were incorporated in mesoporous silica to investigate the humidity sensing. With increasing wt% of LiCl broadening of O–H peak is observed in the Fourier Transform Infrared spectra, indicating greater adsorption of hydroxyl groups on porous silica. The surface area of the MCM-41 circular discs was determined by Brunauer?Emmett?Teller (BET). Scanning electron microscopy images suggest that incorporation of LiCl leads to coalescence of grains in mesoporous silica. 25 wt% LiCl incorporated MCM-41 showed a wide range linear response of impedance change for 11%–90% RH exhibiting 3.5-order drop in impedance at a 1 kHz frequency. The Nyquist plots for all compositions showed increased ionic conduction with increasing relative humidity.     

超声波酸性体系下MCM-41的合成及表征

以十六烷基三甲基溴化铵(CTAB)为模板剂,正硅酸乙酯(TEOS)为硅源,以超声波为辅助手段于酸性介质中制备出了MCM-41介孔分子筛,采用XRD、TEM、FTIR等手段对样品进行了分析表征.结果表明,所合成样品具备MCM-41所特有的六方排列的一维孔道结构和较高的有序度,所合成的MCM-41平均粒径为11nm,孔径约为2.7nm.