MCM-41分子筛担载纳米TiO2复合材料光催化降解罗丹明B

采用溶胶-凝胶法将TiO2担载在介孔MCM-41分子筛上, 制备了不同TiO2含量的系列TiO2/MCM-41复合材料, 利用X射线衍射、N2吸附、紫外-可见光谱和透射电镜等方法对其进行表征. TiO2的晶型为锐钛矿相, 复合材料的比表面积和孔体积随其中TiO2担载量(复合材料中TiO2与MCM-41的质量比)的增加而减小, TiO2的平均粒径随其担载量的增加而增大. 以罗丹明B的光催化降解为探针反应, 评价了TiO2/MCM-41复合材料的光催化降解活性. 结果表明, 在紫外光照射下, 罗丹明B在该复合材料上的光催化降解反应遵循一级反应动力学, 复合材料对罗丹明B的光催化降解活性明显高于商用TiO2 (P-25), 复合材料的光催化降解活性由复合材料的吸附能力和所含TiO2的光催化活性共同决定.     

Amine decorated 2d hexagonal and 3d cubic mesoporous silica nanoparticles: A comprehensive dissolution kinetic study in simulated and biorelevant media

Highly ordered Bexarotene (BXR) encapsulated mesoporous silica nanoparticles in particular bare and amine functionalized MCM-41 and MCM-48 were designed employing a novel impregnation solvent evaporation strategy. The outcomes unveiled successful synthesis of mesoporous assembly having 2?D hexagonal and 3?D cubic framework for MCM-41 and MCM-48 respectively withholding large surface area, optimum pore size, pore volume along with uniform particle size distribution. Additionally, SXRD and TEM findings divulged retention of characteristic mesoporous features regardless of surface modification and drug incorporation. Eventually the release profile and release kinetics results in different dissolution media demonstrated complete drug release in simulated intestinal fluid (SIF) within 75?min and 45?min from BXR-41 and BXR-48 along with 3.33 and 5 fold increment in dissolution profile. Furthermore, lack of any interaction between gelatin of hard capsule shell and amine group in presence of enzyme were justified from the indistinguishable release pattern in enzyme free and enzyme enriched SIF media. The divergent release pattern in fed and fasted state condition having a higher release in former media strongly directs towards taking medicine after meal. Finally the release kinetics study exhibited Weibull and Higuchi model as a best fit models for bare and amine coated BXR nanoparticles respectively.     

Dithiol-mediated incorporation of CdS nanoparticles from reverse micellar system into Zn-doped SBA-15 mesoporous silica and their photocatalytic properties

CdS nanoparticles, as prepared in reverse micellar systems, were incorporated into alkanedithiol-modified Zn-doped SBA-15 mesoporous silica (dtz.sbnd;ZnSBA-15; pore diameter, ca. 4 nm), which were themselves prepared via hydrolysis of tetraethylorthosilicate (TEOS) in the presence of Zn(NO(3))(2) and triblock copolymer, as a nonsurfactant template and pore-forming agent, followed by contact with dithiol molecules. A particle-sieving effect for the dtz.sbnd;ZnSBA-15 was observed, in that the incorporation of the nanoparticles was remarkably decreased with increasing the nanoparticle size. The resulting CdSz.sbnd;ZnSBA-15 composite was then used as photocatalysts for the generation of H(2) from 2-propanol aqueous solution. Under UV irradiation (lambda>300 nm), a high photocatalytic activity was observed for this composite material. This is effected by electron transfer from the photoexcited ZnS (dithiol-bonded Zn on SBA-15) to CdS nanoparticles. The photocatalytic activity is increased with a decrease in the number of methylene groups in the dithiol molecules, according to the rank order 1,10-decanedithiol < 1,6-hexanedithiol < 1,2-ethanedithiol.     

New Routes to the Synthesis of Mesoporous Materials and Their Properties

The factors that influence the hydrothermal synthesis of MCM-41 were investigated, and it was found that compared with those from high H₂O/SiO₂ systems(designated MCM-41-A), the products from low H₂O/SiO₂ systems(designated MCM-41-B) exhibited a less-defined X-ray powder diffraction (XRD) pattern with a broader main reflection peak at a lower 2θ diffraction angle. MCM-41-B possesses a smaller surface area but a larger pore size than MCM-41-A. New routes including direct thermal treatment, room-temperature crystallization and microwave heating were developed for the formation of MCM-41, and the properties of the products prepared from these new routes were compared with those of the MCM-41 hydrothermally synthesized. The pore sizes of MCM-41 materials are uniformly distributed with an effective pore diameter that falls into the range of 2-4 nm, where as the products from wet-gel thermal treatment possess two kinds of mesopores:the well-defined smaller pores distributed at 3 nm and the larger one within 8-20 nm. The MAS NMR spectroscopy revealed that after calcination to remove the organic template in Al-containing MCM-41, a small part of the tetrahedrally-coordinated framework aluminum atoms became octahedrally-coordinated and a considerable amount of Si-OH species were generated.     

13C NMR characterization of the organic constituents in ligand-modified hexagonal mesoporous silicas: media for the synthesis of small, uniform-size gold nanoparticles

This paper reports the (13)C NMR characterization of functionalized MCM-41's and describes the chemistry that occurs in the pores of these materials in the process of forming gold nanoparticles. Nanoparticles formed on hexagonal mesoporous silica (MCM-41) by hydrogen reduction of chloroauric acid have little affinity for pure silica surfaces. The gold can be removed from the support with very mild treatment, for example, solvent extraction. The loss of gold from the substrate can be prevented using a pore functionalization methodology that entails synthesis of the silica containing polydentate amine functionality chemically bound in the mesopores. The synthetic scheme introduces solvents and templating reagents (surfactants) into the mesopores that are chemically reactive under the conditions required for gold particle formation. Extensive base-catalyzed elimination and nucleophilic substitution reactions involving the tetraalkylammonium surfactant occur during the reduction of chloroauric acid to gold.     

Steam reforming of glycerol over Pt-MCM-41 synthesized in a one-step process

Pt-MCM-41 materials were synthesized by a simple method via simultaneous self-assembling and Pt incorporation using cetyltrimethylammonium chloride (CTAC) as a structure directing agent. Structural characterization of the sample was carried out by N₂ sorption, XRD and TEM measurements. The highly ordered structure of MCM-41 was not appreciably affected by the formation of the Pt particles. Unlike related results, the Pt nanoparticles were incorporated into the mesopores and embedded into the pore walls as framework. The Pt-MCM-41 sample was tested as a catalyst in the steam reforming of glycerol in which it exhibited moderate activity, high selectivity to hydrogen, and very low selectivity to light alkanes.     

Construction of inorganic nanoparticles by micro-nano-porous structure of cellulose matrix

In our previous work, the CdS nanoparticles/cellulose films exhibited significantly high photocatalytic H₂ production efficiency under visible light irradiation than the ordinary CdS photocatalyst. In present paper, the CdS nanoparticles were synthesized in situ in pores of the regenerated cellulose substrate and the porous structure of cellulose, formation of the CdS nanoparticles and interactions between CdS and cellulose matrix in the composite films were investigated deeply. The experimental results indicated that the micro-nano-porous structure of the cellulose matrix could be used easily to create inorganic nanoparticles, which supplied not only cavities for the formation of nanoparticles, but also a shell (semi-stiff cellulose molecules support the pore wall) to protect their nano-structure. When the cellulose films with porous structure at wet state were immersed into inorganic ions solution, the ions interacted immediately with the –OH groups of cellulose, and then transformed into inorganic composite via another treatment, finally inorganic nanoparticles formed during the dry. The pore size of the cellulose matrix decreased from 180 nm (at wet state) to about 18 nm (at dry state), leading to the formation of nanoparticles. The results revealed that the CdS nanoparticles with a mean particle diameter about 6 nm were dispersed well, and were immobilized tightly in the cellulose matrix, resulting in a portable photocatalyst with high efficiency for photocatalytic for H₂ evolution. This is simple and “green” pathway to prepare the organic–inorganic hybrid materials.     

S-型分级多孔CdS/UiO-66光催化剂的构建实现4-硝基苯胺的高效还原

金属有机框架(MOFs)材料因其高孔隙率特性在气体吸附分离、药物传递、催化等领域具有广泛应用.近年来,将功能化纳米颗粒(NPs)封装在MOFs中的研究在催化领域引起了科学家的兴趣.其中,较大比表面积的MOFs可以为NPs的分散和固定提供理想的平台,而NPs反过来可以为催化反应引入更多的活性位点,提高催化效率.然而,MOFs本身的孔隙常局限于微孔(<2 nm),这极大地限制了NPs在MOFs孔隙中的有效封装.因此,设计并制备含有介孔(2?50 nm)或大孔(>50 nm)的多级孔MOFs,揭示其孔径大小对复杂NPs/MOFs复合催化剂催化性能的影响具有重要意义.然而,具有不同孔径MOFs的可控制备具有巨大挑战性,MOFs孔径如何影响和调控NPs/MOFs复合材料催化活性是一个悬而未决的科学问题.本文结合金属离子刻蚀法和调控配体法设计了两种具有不同孔径(大孔和介孔)的UiO-66,并系统研究了孔径大小对CdS NPs的分布以及所形成的复合催化剂CdS/UiO-66的催化性能的影响及机制.我们首先阐明了UiO-66调控孔径后影响和修饰CdS NPs的空间分布:对于具有开放大孔结构的UiO-66纳米笼,CdS NPs倾向于自发沉积在UiO-66纳米笼内壁上.相比之下,CdS NPs则主要附着于介孔UiO-66的外表面.据此,具有大孔和介孔结构的CdS/UiO-66表现出不同的光催化性能.以光还原4-硝基苯胺反应为例,大孔CdS/UiO-66的反应速率常数是介孔和实心样品的3?13倍,且优于许多文献报道的CdS复合材料催化剂,表明大孔结构在制备高效复合催化材料上的潜在优势.通过光吸收能力、能级结构等计算表征,该催化剂的电子空穴对传输遵循S-型异质结光催化机制;大孔CdS/UiO-66具有较高光催化活性可归因于纳米笼对NPs的限域效应,即CdS被限制在UiO-66纳米笼内,缩短了催化剂与底物之间的电子传输距离;空心纳米笼结构则保护其内部的CdS NPs免受光腐蚀的影响,进而获得较高的催化效率和循环稳定性.可见,本文提出了一种结合离子刻蚀法和调控配体法获得具有不同孔径MOFs的有效策略,阐明了调控MOFs的孔径尺寸可以影响NPs的空间分布,是制约其性能的关键因素,有望为高效催化剂的设计及催化机制的研究提供新的依据.     

杂原子介孔Co-MCM-41分子筛的制备及其吸附脱氮性能

采用水热法合成了介孔MCM-41和Co-MCM-41分子筛,并利用XRD、FT-IR、低温N₂吸附-脱附和NH₃-TPD等方法对合成的分子筛进行了表征。考察了晶化时间、晶化温度、陈化时间对合成介孔Co-MCM-41分子筛的影响,确定较适宜的合成条件为陈化时间1 h,晶化温度110 ℃,晶化时间2 d。XRD 和FT-IR表征结果说明,Co原子已经进入MCM-41的骨架。MCM-41和Co-MCM-41的平均孔径均为2.82 nm,BET比表面积分别为986.42和 637.69 m²/g,孔容分别为0.762 1和0.537 2 m³/g。NH₃-TPD的表征结果表明,MCM-41和Co-MCM-41的酸性都较弱,但Co-MCM-41的酸性明显强于MCM-41。在此基础上,利用合成的MCM-41和Co-MCM-41吸附脱除氮含量为1 737.35 μg/g的模拟燃料中的喹啉。喹啉分子尺寸的模拟结果为0.711 6 nm × 0.500 2 nm,说明其可以很容易地进入MCM-41和Co-MCM-41的介孔孔道中。Co-MCM-41分子筛的氮脱除率明显高于MCM-41,这是由于其较强的酸性及与喹啉之间的化学吸附,而且,Co-MCM-41吸附脱氮具有较好的再生性能。     

Stabilization of the thermodynamically favored polymorph of cadmium chalcogenide nanoparticles CdX (X = S, Se, Te) in the polar mesopores of SBA-15 silica

A versatile synthetic approach to cadmium chalcogenide nanoparticles in the mesopores of SBA-15 silica as a host matrix was developed. The use of cadmium organochalcogenolates of the type Cd(XPh)(2).TMEDA (X = S, Se, Te) allowed the preparation of nanoparticles of all three cadmium chalcogenides following the same experimental protocol. Particles of CdS, CdSe, and CdTe with a particle size of 7 nm were prepared from this class of single-source precursors. The incorporation of the precursor molecules into the pores was achieved by melt infiltration at a temperature of 140 degrees C. Subsequent pyrolysis of the precursors in the mesopores yielded the semiconductor particles. Owing to the high polarity of the silanol-covered pore walls, which lower the surface energy of the particles to a large extent, the dimorphic cadmium chalcogenides are obtained in their thermodynamically favored modifications; e.g., CdS particles crystallize in the wurtzite type, CdTe particles are obtained in the zinc blende structure, and CdSe (where no unambiguous preference exists) crystallizes as a "mixture" of both structures with a rather random stacking sequence.     

Improvement of the Kruk-Jaroniec-Sayari method for pore size analysis of ordered silicas with cylindrical mesopores

In this work, the X-ray diffraction structure modeling was employed for analysis of hexagonally ordered large-pore silicas, SBA-15, to determine their pore width independently of adsorption measurements. Nitrogen adsorption isotherms were used to evaluate the relative pressure of capillary condensation in cylindrical mesopores of these materials. This approach allowed us to extend the original Kruk-Jaroniec-Sayari (KJS) relation (Langmuir 1997, 13, 6267) between the pore width and capillary condensation pressure up to 10 nm instead of previously established range from 2 to 6.5 nm for a series of MCM-41 and to improve the KJS pore size analysis of large pore silicas.     

Adsorption and protection of plasmid DNA on mesoporous silica nanoparticles modified with various amounts of organosilane

Ordered MCM-41-type mesoporous silica nanoparticles (MSNs) with pore size of 2.6 nm were synthesized and were further modified with various amounts of 3-aminopropyltriethoxysilane (APTES), respectively, by a direct co-condensation method. These amine functionalized mesoporous silica nanoparticles (Am-MSNs) were employed to complex with plasmid DNA (pDNA) to study their adsorption and protection capacities. The results demonstrate the MSNs functionalized with aminopropyl groups present advanced adsorption capacities for pDNA immobilization. And Am-MSNs with high APTES amount lead to high amount of pDNA adsorption. Further investigation of pDNA protection shows that Am-MSNs with moderate APTES amount could completely protect pDNA from enzymatic degradation, while those with smaller and/or higher amount of APTES could partially provide protection of pDNA.     

Simultaneous Removal of Surfactant Template from MCM—41 and Implantation of Transition Metal Complexes into Mesopores with Supercritical Fluid

The simultaneous removal of up to 92% of the surfactant template and chemical implantation of transition metal complexes into mesopores has been successfully achieved by treating as-synthesized pure siliceous MCM-41 with supercritical CO2 modified with CH2Cl2/MeOH mixture,resulting in the formation of functionalized material with uniform pore structure.     

Improvement of the Derjaguin-Broekhoff-de Boer theory for capillary condensation/evaporation of nitrogen in mesoporous systems and its implications for pore size analysis of MCM-41 silicas and related materials

In this work, we propose an improvement of the classical Derjaguin-Broekhoff-de Boer (DBdB) theory for capillary condensation/evaporation in mesoporous systems. The primary idea of this improvement is to employ the Gibbs-Tolman-Koenig-Buff equation to predict the surface tension changes in mesopores. In addition, the statistical film thickness (so-called t-curve) evaluated accurately on the basis of the adsorption isotherms measured for the MCM-41 materials is used instead of the originally proposed t-curve (to take into account the excess of the chemical potential due to the surface forces). It is shown that the aforementioned modifications of the original DBdB theory have significant implications for the pore size analysis of mesoporous solids. To verify our improvement of the DBdB pore size analysis method (IDBdB), a series of the calcined MCM-41 samples, which are well-defined materials with hexagonally ordered cylindrical mesopores, were used for the evaluation of the pore size distributions. The correlation of the IDBdB method with the empirically calibrated Kruk-Jaroniec-Sayari (KJS) relationship is very good in the range of small mesopores. So, a major advantage of the IDBdB method is its applicability for small mesopores as well as for the mesopore range beyond that established by the KJS calibration, i.e., for mesopore radii greater than approximately 4.5 nm. The comparison of the IDBdB results with experimental data reported by Kruk and Jaroniec for capillary condensation/evaporation as well as with the results from nonlocal density functional theory developed by Neimark et al. clearly justifies our approach. Note that the proposed improvement of the classical DBdB method preserves its original simplicity and simultaneously ensures a significant improvement of the pore size analysis, which is confirmed by the independent estimation of the mean pore size by the powder X-ray diffraction method.     

Quantitative Distinction between Noble Metals Located in Mesopores from Those on the External Surface

We compare three methods for quantitatively distinguishing the location of noble metal (NM) particles in mesopores from those found on the external support surface. MCM-41 and SBA-15 with NM located in mesopores or on the external surface were prepared and characterized by TEM. ³¹P MAS NMR spectroscopy was used to quantify arylphosphines in complexes with NM. Phosphine/NM ratios drop from 2.0 to 0.2 when increasing the probe diameter from 1.08 to 1.54 nm. The reaction between NM and triphenylphosphine (TPP) within 3.0 nm MCM-41 pores takes due to confinement effects multiple weeks. In contrast, external NM react with TPP instantly. A promising method is filling the pores by using the pore volume impregnation technique with tetraethylorthosilicate (TEOS). TPP loading revealed that 66 % of NMs are located on the external surface of MCM-41. The pore filling method can be used in association with any probe molecule, also for the quantification of acid sites.     

Incorporation of porphyrins into mesopores of MCM-41

To introduce porphyrins such as the alcoholic-hydroxyl-group-appended free base porphyrin derivative (HP) of 5-[4-(3-hydroxylpropyloxycabonyl)phenyl]-10,15,20-triphenylphorphine into mesopores of MCM-41, samples were treated with 0-4.0 mmol dm-3 HP toluene solutions and the materials obtained were characterized by various means. The framework structure of MCM-41 was not altered by the treatment. With increasing HP concentration, the specific surface area and pore size decreased; in contrast, the number of HP molecules in the material increased almost linearly from 0 to 0.17 groups nm-2. These facts reveal that the HP molecules are incorporated into mesopores of MCM-41. IR results indicated that the hydroxyl group of the HP molecule reacts with surface free SiOH groups of the MCM-41 by a dehydration reaction. Diffuse reflection UV-vis spectra of the HP-introduced material were almost the same as that of pure HP molecules. The Beers plot suggested that the HP molecules in the material are dispersed at an HP concentration less than 1.0 mmol dm-3, and above that concentration, aggregation or flattening of the HP molecules on the MCM-41 surface takes place.     

Nitrogen adsorption on silica surfaces of nonporous and mesoporous materials

We present an accurate comparative analysis of N 2 adsorption at 77 K on nonporous silica and the pore wall surface of MCM-41 materials. The analysis shows that in the low-pressure region of N 2 adsorption obeys a peculiar mechanism governed by short-ranged forces, which makes the surface curvature effect on the N 2 adsorption in mesopores nearly negligible. We used this observation to define more exactly compared to the BET technique the specific surface area of the reference adsorption isotherm on nonporous silica basing on XRD data and linear sections of t-plots. Calculation of the capillary evaporation and condensation pressures seems to confirm our previous finding that the capillary condensation pressure corresponds to the equilibrium transition rather than spinodal condensation at least for pore sizes less than 7 nm. It allowed us to provide more reliable pore size distribution (PSD) analysis of mesoporous silica materials. For example, the PSDs of MCM-41 samples do not show artificial peaks in the micropore range that we obtained in our earlier publications.     

Phase separation of acetonitrile-water mixtures and minimizing of ice crystallites from there in confinement of MCM-41

The effect of confinement of an acetonitrile-water mixture, whose correlation length was comparable to the pore size of the mesopores of MCM-41 (d=2.4-3.6 nm), on the phase changes was studied. Used techniques were low temperature differential scanning calorimetry and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, where the phase separation, lowering of the freezing and melting temperatures, and phase transitions of the acetonitrile were detected. The latter occurred in the mesopores at temperatures similar to that of the pure liquid, while the melting temperature of the water in the mesopores<3.1 nm decreased markedly at higher acetonitrile contents, suggesting a marked lowering of ice crystallite size.     

Effect of auxiliary chemicals on preparation of silica MCM-41

Silica MCM-41 materials were prepared hydrothermally by using 1,3,5-trimethylbenzene (MS) or 1,3,5-triisopropylbenzene (TI) as an auxiliary chemical. The BJH poressize of MCM-41 increased up to 12 nm with increasing amounts of MS. However, MCM-41 materials prepared with MS displayed irregular pore arrangements and a half of these materials exhibited low thermal and hydrothermal stabilities. On the other hand, MCM-41 materials prepared with TI as an auxiliary chemical displayed regular pore arrangements and high thermal and hydrothermal stabilities, but their BJH pore sizes did not go over 4.0 nm (intrinsic value; ca. 5 nm). MCM-41 prepared with TI together with a small amount of MS (TI/MS/SiO₂=1.5/0.5/1) displayed regular pore arrangements and high thermal and hydrothermal stabilities. Its BJH pore size was 4.7 nm (intrinsic value; ca. 6 nm).     

Enhancing stability and oxidation activity of cytochrome C by immobilization in the nanochannels of mesoporous aluminosilicates

Hydrothermally stable and structrurally ordered mesoporous and microporous aluminosilicates with different pore sizes have been synthesized to immobilize cytochrome c (cyt c): MAS-9 (pore size 90 A), MCM-48-S (27 A), MCM-41-S (25 A), and Y zeolites (7.4 A). The amount of cyt c adsorption could be increased by the introduction of aluminum into the framework of pure silica materials. Among these mesoprous silicas (MPS), MAS-9 showed the highest loading capacity due to its large pore size. However, cyt c immobilized in MAS-9 could undergo facile unfolding during hydrothermal treatments. MCM-41-S and MCM-48-S have the pore sizes that match well the size of cyt c (25 x 25 x 37 A). Hence the adsorbed cyt c in these two medium pore size MPS have the highest hydrothermal stability and overall catalytic activity. On the other hand, the pore size of NaY zeolite is so small that cyt c is mostly adsorbed only on the outer surface and loses its enzymatic activity rapidly. The improved stability and high catalytic activity of cyt c immobilized in MPS are attributed to the electrostatic attraction between the pore surface and cyt c and the confinement provided by nanochannels. We further observed that cyt c immobilized in MPS exists in both high and low spin states, as inferred from the ESR and UV-vis studies. This is different from the native cyt c, which shows primarily the low spin state. The high spin state arises from the replacement of Met-80 ligands of heme Fe (III) by water or silanol group on silica surface, which could open up the heme groove for easy access of oxidants and substrates to iron center and facilitate the catalytic activity. In the catalytic study, MAS-9-cyt c showed the highest specific activity toward the oxidation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), which arises from the fast mass transfer rate of reaction substrate due to its large pore size. For pinacyanol (a hydrophilic substrate), MCM-41-S-cyt c and MCM-48-S-cyt c showed higher specific activity than NaY-cyt c and MAS-9-cyt c. The result indicated that cyt c embedded in the channels of MCM-41-S and MCM-48-S was protected against unfolding and loss of activity. By increasing the concentration of the spin trapping agent, 5,5-dimethyl-1-pyrroline N-oxide (DMPO) in ESR experiments, we showed that cyt c catalyzes a homolytic cleavage of the O-O bond of hydroperoxide and generates a protein cation radical (g = 2.00). Possible mechanisms for MPS-cyt c catalytic oxidation of hydroperoxides and PAHs are proposed based on the spectroscopic characterizations of the systems.