Shape- and size-controlled synthesis in hard templates: sophisticated chemical reduction for mesoporous monocrystalline platinum nanoparticles

Here we report a novel hard-templating strategy for the synthesis of mesoporous monocrystalline Pt nanoparticles (NPs) with uniform shapes and sizes. Mesoporous Pt NPs were successfully prepared through controlled chemical reduction using ascorbic acid by employing 3D bicontinuous mesoporous silica (KIT-6) and 2D mesoporous silica (SBA-15) as a hard template. The particle size could be controlled by changing the reduction time. Interestingly, the Pt replicas prepared from KIT-6 showed polyhedral morphology. The single crystallinity of the Pt fcc structure coherently extended over the whole particle.     

仿生介孔二氧化硅用于高效液相色谱拆分手性化合物

仿生介孔硅是以有机物作为模板,可有效复刻模板的独特形貌,从而得到其相同或相似结构孔径的介孔硅。本文从仿生的观点出发,从蟹壳中提取得到几丁质膜,将其用作模板制备了仿生手性向列型介孔二氧化硅,并用其制备了液相色谱柱,进行了手性化合物拆分实验。结果表明,该色谱固定相对10个手性化合物有一定的手性分离效果。     

Morphology control of mesoporous silicas and their template synthesis in silica gel pores

Structure-related adsorption characteristics of ordered mesoporous silicas with spherical particles were studied depending on the conditions of their synthesis, including pH of the medium, the type of the alcohol, and the concentrations of the initial components of micelle solutions. The special features of the template synthesis of mesoporous silica in large silica gel pores were studied. The synthesized silicas were characterized by low-temperature nitrogen sorption-desorption, X-ray diffraction, and scanning electron microscopy measurements.     

Synthesis and Characterization of Mesoporous Silica Templated by Amphiphilic RTILs

This article reports a novel preparation of mesoporous silica with series of 1-alky-3-methylimidazolium bromide (C_nMIM)Br (n = 12, 14, 16), a kind of amphiphilic room-temperature ionic liquids (RTILs), as a template via a sol-gel nanocasting technique. The pore morphology and structures of these mesoporous silica were characterized by Transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The results show that the RTIL bearing longer alkyl chain is preferred to form the mesoporous silica material with bigger pores. (C₁₆MIM)Br has been chosen to study how the various influencing factors affect the synthesis and structure of the mesoporous silica material, such as the acid concentration, the solling time, the gelling time and the calcination time. N₂ adsorption-desorption isotherms measurement was used to characterize the pore size distribution and BET surface area. The results indicate that all of the factors can make an influence on the preparation of the mesoporous silica, which is more sensitive to the concentration of the acid.     

以手性两亲小分子自组装体为模板制备介孔二氧化硅空心球

合成了手性阳离子型两亲性小分子化合物,利用圆二色谱分析了其在水中形成的自组装体的结构;以该化合物的自组装体为模板,在正丙醇和氨水的混合溶剂中制备得到了介孔二氧化硅空心球;利用扫描电镜、透射电镜、X射线衍射仪以及氮气吸附-脱附试验装置分析了二氧化硅空心球的形貌及孔结构.结果表明,两亲性小分子在水中形成的自组装体呈现手性堆积;合成的介孔二氧化硅空心球的直径约为600~800nm,壁厚约为100~150nm,其孔道垂直于球的表面,孔径约为3.0nm,比表面积约为306m2·g-1.正丙醇作为模板控制二氧化硅空心球的空腔尺寸和形貌,而两亲性小分子的自组装体作为模板控制放射状孔道的形貌和尺寸.     

巯丙基功能化介孔纳米二氧化硅的合成

用三种不同的方法将巯基丙基三甲氧基硅烷(MPTMS)引入二氧化硅网络中, 合成了粒径为50-200 nm的巯丙基功能化的介孔纳米二氧化硅, 并利用透射电子显微镜, 热重分析等手段对其形貌与性能进行了表征. 在巯丙基官能团的作用下介孔纳米二氧化硅的形貌发生了重大改变, 由非常规则的六角形变为纳米棒. 控制反应时间可以调节介孔纳米二氧化硅的粒径大小, 用三乙醇胺代替氢氧化钠可以合成直径在100 nm以下的功能化介孔二氧化硅粒子. 为了保护巯基官能团, 选用了酸醇提取法去除模板. 另外, 对介孔二氧化硅粒子的形成机制也进行了探讨.     

Fabrication and sustained release properties of porous hollow silica nanoparticles

MCM-41-type mesoporous silica nanospheres(MSN) have been prepared using n-cetyltrimethylammonium bromide(CTAB) as a soft template.The pseudo-moire' rotational pattern inside the MSN results in many interior defects.Hollow mesoporous silica(HMS) spheres were synthesized by solvent extraction of the template from MSN.The morphology and structure of MSN and HMS were studied by TEM,XRD and nitrogen sorption techniques.A model drug,bromocresol green dye,was packed inside different regions of HMS through impregna...     

以阴离子手性模板合成螺旋形貌的介孔分子筛

本文首次以具有手性的药物分子布洛芬(Ibuprfen, 2-(4-异丁基苯基)丙酸)为模板剂, 以3-氨丙基-3-乙氧基硅烷为共模板剂, 合成了具有新颖螺旋形貌的介孔分子筛, 并用XRD, FTIR, TEM 和SEM对其结构进行了表征.     

Poly(MAA-Mn) for Triple-Layer Structure Synthesis of ZnS/ZnS:Mn/SiO2 Phosphors

Methacrylic acid (MAA) was used as a manganese carrier to prepare ZnS/MAA-Mn particles, and ZnS/ZnS:Mn phosphors were formed from ZnS/MAA-Mn by ion substitution through heat treatment. After silica coating on surface by chemical precipitation method with tetraethyl orthosilicate (TEOS), ZnS/ZnS:Mn/SiO₂ phosphors were prepared successfully as a new core/shell structure compound. The thickness of layers was controlled by adjusting concentrations of manganese (II) acetate (Mn(CH₃COO)₂) and TEOS. Structure, morphology, and composition of prepared phosphors were investigated by X-ray diffraction (XRD), transmission electron microscope (TEM), and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), respectively. Photoluminescence (PL) properties of ZnS with different Mn²⁺ content were analyzed by PL spectrometer. PL emission intensity and PL stability were analyzed for evaluating effects of silica coating and Mn²⁺ activator doping. As a result, the structure of two layers could be observed, and optimum composition of ZnS/ZnS:Mn/SiO₂ structure was also obtained.     

Syntheses of ordered mesoporous silica by new hybrid template

Ordered mesoporous silica with macroscopic shape has been prepared with a hybrid template of gel and poly(ethylene oxide)₁₀₆–poly(propylene oxide)₇₀–poly(ethylene oxide)₁₀₆ (pluronic F127) surfactant, where both water-soluble agar gel and pluronic F127 significantly affect the mesoporous structure and morphology of silica. The thermal analysis revealed the noticeable interaction between agar and F127, which contributes to the formation of homogenous hybrid template. In the hybrid template, agar gel contributed to the maintenance of morphology structure, while F127 was responsible for the formation of ordered porous structure in silica solids.     

Synthesis of highly ordered mesoporous crystalline WS(2) and MoS(2) via a high-temperature reductive sulfuration route

A high-temperature reductive sulfuration method is demonstrated to synthesize highly ordered mesoporous metal sulfide crystallites by using mesoporous silica as hard templates. H2S gas is utilized as a sulfuration agent to in situ convert phosphotungstic acid H3PW12O40.6H2O to hexagonal WS2 crystallites in the silica nanochannels at 600 degrees C. Upon etching silica, mesoporous, layered WS2 nanocrystal arrays are produced with a yield as high as 96 wt %. XRD, nitrogen sorption, SEM, and TEM results reveal that the WS2 products replicated from the mesoporous silica SBA-15 hard template possess highly ordered hexagonal mesostructure (space group, p6mm) and rodlike morphology, analogous to the mother template. The S-W-S trilayers of the WS2 nanocrystals are partially oriented, parallel to the mesochannels of the SBA-15 template. This orientation is related with the reduction of the high-energy layer edges in layered metal dichalcogenides and the confinement in anisotropic nanochannels. The mesostructure can be 3-D cubic bicontinuous if KIT-6 (Iad) is used as a hard template. Mesoporous WS2 replicas have large surface areas (105-120 m2/g), pore volumes ( approximately 0.20 cm3/g), and narrow pore size distributions ( approximately 4.8 nm). By one-step nanocasting with the H3PMo12O40.6H2O (PMA) precursor into the mesochannels of SBA-15 or KIT-6 hard template, highly ordered mesoporous MoS2 layered crystallites with the 2-D hexagonal (p6mm) and 3-D bicontinuous cubic (Iad) structures can also be prepared via this high-temperature reductive sulfuration route. When the loading amount of PMA precursor is low, multiwalled MoS2 nanotubes with 5-7 nm in diameter can be obtained. The high-temperature reductive sulfuration method is a general strategy and can be extended to synthesize mesoporous CdS crystals and other metal sulfides.     

一种新型介孔空腔二氧化硅纳米微球的制备与缓释行为

本文用十六烷基三甲基溴化铵(CTAB)作为试剂,通过软模板法合成介孔二氧化硅,利用在合成过程中,由伪莫尔转动所引起的微粒内部的大量缺陷,通过溶剂抽提,形成了具有空腔结构的介孔二氧化硅纳米微球.采用透射电子显微镜(TEM)、X射线粉末衍射仪(XRD)、N2吸附-脱附等手段对产物的形貌和结构进行了详细的表征.并以溴甲酚绿作为目标物,通过改变压强和温度,调节溴甲酚绿进入空心SiO2微球中的不同部位,对所制备的空腔介孔二氧化硅微球进行染料的装载和释放试验.结果显示该微球腔壁具有可渗透性和缓释性,而且在负压蒸发溶剂的情况下可以得到较高的药物负载量和极大地提高缓释性能.     

Synthesis of multifunctional metal- and metal oxide core@mesoporous silica shell structures by using a wet chemical approach

We demonstrate a facile wet chemical approach for fabricating spherical metal/metal-oxide core@mesoporous silica shell hybrid nanoparticles with different core and shell thicknesses. Vertically aligned mesoporous silica (mSiO(2) ) shells were fabricated over the pre-synthesized spherical SiO(2) nanoparticles through a three-step strategy: 1)?synthesis of core materials, 2)?covering the core with an organic-inorganic composite layer, and 3)?removing the organic template through calcinations in air. The mechanisms of hybrid structure formation are proposed. The multifunctional nature of the hybrid structures could be induced by incorporating guest ions/molecules, such as Ag, Mn, and TiO(2) , into the pores of an mSiO(2) shell. Mn and TiO(2) cluster- incorporated composite structures have been tested to be antioxidizing agents and effective photocatalysts through electron spin resonance, radical scavenging tests, and the photocatalytic degradation of rhodamine B. The possibility of incorporating several hetero-element guest clusters in these mesoporous composite particles makes them highly attractive for multifunctional applications.     

A Rational Repeating Template Method for Synthesis of 2 D Hexagonally Ordered Mesoporous Precious Metals

A repeating template method is presented for the synthesis of mesoporous metals with 2D hexagonal mesostructures. First, a silica replica (i.e., silica nanorods arranged periodically) is prepared by using 2D hexagonally ordered mesoporous carbon as the template. After that, the obtained silica replica is used as the second template for the preparation of mesoporous ruthenium. After the ruthenium species are introduced into the silica replica, the ruthenium species are then reduced by a vapor‐infiltration method by using the reducing agent dimethylamine borane. After the ruthenium deposition, the silica is chemically removed. Analysis by transmission and scanning electron microscopies, a nitrogen‐adsorption–desorption isotherm, and small‐angle X‐ray scattering revealed that the mesoporous ruthenium had a 2D hexagonal mesostructure, although the mesostructural ordering is decreased compared to that of the original mesoporous carbon template. This method is widely applicable to other metal systems. By changing the metal species introduced into the silica replica, several mesoporous metals (palladium and platinum) can be synthesized. Ordered mesoporous ruthenium and palladium, which are not easily attainable by the soft‐templating methods, can be prepared. This study has overcome the composition variation limitations of the soft‐templating method.     

以介孔氧化硅薄膜为模板电沉积合成新型纳米结构

首次以不同孔道结构的介孔氧化硅薄膜为模板,采用电化学沉积的方法,合成了金属铜和半导体氧化锌的纳米材料,并对其结构进行了表征．以六方孔道结构的介孔氧化硅模板获得了直径为7nm的金属铜纳米线阵列;以笼状体心立方孔道结构的模板获得了具有哑铃状形貌的铜单质纳米颗粒．对于氧化锌纳米结构,电化学沉积过程使得氧化锌完全填充氧化硅模板的孔道,分别得到了具有六方和体心立方介孔结构的Zn0/SiO2纳米复合物薄膜．     

Hexagonal, hollow, aluminium-containing ZSM-5 tubes prepared from mesoporous silica templates

Hexagonal hollow ZSM-5 tubes were synthesized using mesoporous silica with a worm-like morphology as the template. A new method for aluminium incorporation during the hydrothermal synthesis step was developed.     

模板技术制备单块介孔分子筛

模板技术与溶胶 -凝胶过程结合是合成介孔分子筛的有效方法 .模板通常采用表面活性剂在一定条件下自组装形成超分子结构 ,在不同条件下 ,此超分子结构具有不同聚集形态 ,合成出的介孔分子筛也具有不同的孔道排列方式 [1～ 4 ] .溶胶 -凝胶过程是通过硅源体的水解缩合并缓慢蒸发除去溶剂实现的 .此过程及产物受体系的 p H值影响很大 .在碱性体系中制备的介孔材料通常为粉末状 ,不利于实际应用 ,因此人们更加重视合成具有规则外形的介孔材料[5] .目前报道大多是在酸性体系中制备不同形状的介孔材料 [6～ 12 ] .有关合成单块介孔分子筛的报道…     

Facile synthesis of monodisperse microspheres and gigantic hollow shells of mesoporous silica in mixed water-ethanol solvents

Mesoporous silica materials with a variety of morphologies, such as monodisperse microspheres, gigantic hollow structures comprising a thin shell with a hole, and gigantic hollow structures consisting of an outer thin shell and an inner layer composed of many small spheres, have been readily synthesized in mixed water-ethanol solvents at room temperature using cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) as the template. The obtained mesoporous silica generally shows a disordered mesostructure with typical average pore sizes ranging from 3.1 to 3.8 nm. The effects of the water-to-ethanol volume ratio (r), the volume content of tetraethyl orthosilicate TEOS (x), and the CTAB concentration in the solution on the final morphology of the mesoporous silica products have been investigated. The growth process of gigantic hollow shells of mesoporous silica through templating emulsion droplets of TEOS in mixed water-ethanol solution has been monitored directly with optical microscopy. Generally, the morphology of mesoporous silica can be regulated from microspheres through gigantic hollow structures composed of small spheres to gigantic hollow structures with a thin shell by increasing the water-to-ethanol volume ratio, increasing the TEOS volume content, or decreasing the CTAB concentration. A plausible mechanism for the morphological regulation of mesoporous silica by adjusting various experimental parameters has been put forward by considering the existing state of the unhydrolyzed and partially hydrolyzed TEOS in the synthesis system.     

一种合成六方板状Zr-Ce-SBA-15介孔材料的新方法

以P123为模板剂, 正硅酸乙酯为硅源, 氯化氧锆和硝酸亚铈为无机前驱盐, 在不外加无机酸的条件下, 利用无机前驱盐自身水解产生的弱酸性环境, 通过水热合成路线一步合成了具有大的径轴比、短孔道、六方板状形貌的Zr-Ce-SBA-15介孔材料. 利用粉末X射线衍射(XRD)、透射电子显微镜(TEM)、扫描电子显微镜(SEM)、电感耦合等离子体原子发射光谱(ICP-AES)和氮气吸附等手段对所合成的样品进行了表征. 结果表明, 合成的材料具有类似于SBA-15的二维六方介孔结构, 孔径、孔容和比表面积分别为5.6 nm, 0.96 cm3/g和776 m2/g. 与常规SBA-15相比, 这种短孔道、大径轴比的六方板状介孔材料在吸附、分离及催化等领域中能更有效地促进分子的扩散传递.     

Synthesis of morphology-controllable mesoporous Co3O4 and CeO2

Recently, extensive works have been devoted to the morphology control of mesoporous materials with respect to their use in various applications. In this paper, we used two kinds of mesoporous silica, SBA-15 rods and spheres as hard templates to synthesize morphology-controllable mesoporous metal oxides. By carefully controlling the loading of metal precursors in the mesopores of the hard template, mesoporous Co₃O₄ and CeO₂ with different morphologies, such as micrometer-sized rod, hollow sphere, saucer-like sphere, and solid sphere were conveniently obtained. The structural properties of these materials were characterized by XRD, BET, SEM and TEM. In addition, it is found that the differences observed in the textural properties of the two mesoporous metal oxides nanocasted from the same template can be attributed to the properties of metal precursors and the interaction between metal oxide and SiO₂. Thus-obtained mesoporous metal oxides with such special morphologies may have a potential application in the field of environmental catalytic oxidation.