Formation Process of MCM-41 Precursor and Porous Texture of MCM-41

The formation process of the MCM-41 precursors (silicate/surfactant complex) was investigated on the basis of the pH titration curves of Na(4)SiO(4) in the presence of [C(16)H(33)N(CH(3))(3)]Cl. Measurements of the pH titration curves were carried out using the computer-controlled gravimetric titrator constructed in our laboratory. The white precipitate (MCM-41 precursor) was abruptly formed at pH 11.1 (298 K) and at pH 9.9 (343 K). Formation of the MCM-41 precursor can be explained by coagulation of the rod-like micelle colloids whose surface is covered by the condensed silicate anions of (HSiO(3))(n)(n-). The porous texture of the MCM-41 samples whose precursors were synthesized under different conditions was analyzed on the basis of the adsorption isotherms of nitrogen at 77 K. It has been shown that the MCM-41 sample whose precursor was prepared at pH 9.9 and 343 K shows one sharp peak (r(p) = 1.65 nm) in the pore size distribution curve, but the MCM-41 samples whose precursors were prepared at pH 6.5-5.0 and 343 K give two peaks (r(p) = 1.66 nm and r(p) = 2.12-2.36 nm). The appearance of the second peak (r(p) = 2.12-2.36 nm) has been considered to be in connection with the destruction of the MCM-41 precursor into small fragments in acidic medium. Copyright 2000 Academic Press.     

Benzene Adsorption Isotherms on MCM-41 and their Use for Pore Size Analysis

This work is focused on the elaboration of methodology for adsorption characterization of porous silicas by using benzene adsorption isotherms measured on good quality MCM-41 materials. Three MCM-41 samples were synthesized by using tetraethyl orthosilicate (TEOS) as silica source and surfactants, octyltrimethylammonium (C8), decyltrimethylammonium (C10) and cetyltrimethylammonium (C16) bromides as templates. A characteristic feature of this synthesis was relatively long hydrothermal treatment (5 days) at 373 K, which gave well ordered samples as evidenced by powder XRD analysis. Benzene adsorption isotherms measured on these MCM-41 samples were used to evaluate such standard quantities as the BET specific surface area, total pore volume, external surface area and the volume of ordered mesopores, and to obtain the statistical film thickness (t-curve) as well as the Kelvin-type relation, which describes the dependence between pore width and condensation pressure for benzene on silica at 298 K. The latter relations were incorporated into the Barrett-Joyner-Halenda algorithm to extend its applicability to calculate the pore size distributions from benzene adsorption data.     

Gas adsorption in mesoporous micelle-templated silicas: MCM-41, MCM-48, and SBA-15

This paper reports a molecular simulation and experimental study on the adsorption and condensation of simple fluids in mesoporous micelle-templated silicas MCM-41, MCM-48, and SBA-15. MCM-41 is described as a regular cylindrical silica nanopore, while SBA-15 is assumed to be made up of cylindrical nanopores that are connected through lateral channels. The 3D-connected topology of MCM-48 is described using a gyroid periodic minimal surface. Argon adsorption at 77 K is calculated for the three materials using Grand Canonical Monte Carlo simulations. Qualitative comparison with experiments for nitrogen adsorption in mesoporous micelle-templated silicas is made. The adsorption isotherm for SBA-15 resembles that for MCM-41. In particular, capillary condensation and evaporation are not affected by the presence of the connecting lateral channels. In contrast, the argon adsorption isotherm for MCM-48 departs from that for MCM-41 having the same pore size. While condensation in MCM-41 is a one-step process, filling of MCM-48 involves two successive jumps in the adsorbed amounts which correspond to condensation in different domains of the porosity. The condensation pressure for MCM-48 is larger than that for MCM-41. We attribute this result to the morphology of the MCM-48 surface (made up of both concave and convex regions) that differs from that for MCM-41 (concave only). Our results suggest that the pore connectivity affects pore filling when the size of the connections is comparable to that of the nanopores.     

Nitrogen Adsorption Study of MCM-41 Molecular Sieves Synthesized Using Hydrothermal Restructuring

Nitrogen desorption scanning hysteresis loops (DSHLs) for large-pore MCM-41 silicas (pore diameter from 4.0 to 6.5 nm) are reported for the first time. DSHLs for MCM-41 were compared with those of conventional mesoporous silicas and no appreciable differences were found, although hysteresis loops and DSHLs for the latter were usually broader. Since desorption behavior of conventional porous silicas is appreciably influenced by pore connectivity, the observed similarity in hysteresis behavior suggests single-pore blocking effects for MCM-41 due to variation of pore diameter along its nonintersecting channels. It was also shown that the steepness of nitrogen desorption branches at relative pressures close to 0.4 often results from proximity of the lower pressure limit of adsorption-desorption irreversibility and consequently it is not justified to consider it as an indication of narrow pore size distribution. Thus, application of desorption data in calculations of pore size distributions may be grossly misleading.     

A study of freezing-melting hysteresis of water in different porous materials. Part II: surfactant-templated silicas

The freezing-melting hysteresis of water in mesoporous silicas MCM-48, MCM-41 and SBA-16 has been studied by NMR cryoporometry. The hysteresis in MCM-48 was found to exhibit nearly parallel branches, matching type H1 hysteresis that had been observed earlier in controlled pore glass. The same type of hysteresis is observed in two of three different-sized MCM-41 under study (a pore diameter of 3.6 and 3 nm), superimposed with a secondary, extremely broad, type H3 hysteresis. No hysteresis was found in the smallest MCM-41 with a pore diameter < 3 nm. Finally, water in SBA-16 exhibits type H2 hysteresis with the freezing branch being essentially steeper than the melting one, which is attributed to a pore blockage upon freezing, similar to what we observed earlier in Vycor porous glass. The data were analyzed using the model of curvature-dependent metastability of a solid phase upon melting; the validity of this model has been discussed.     

MCM-41分子筛和催化剂的特殊吸附等温线

测定了MCM-41中孔分子筛和催化剂的吸附等温线, 发现它们形状非常特殊, 不仅可逆部分分两段, 并且还存在两个滞后环, 在相对压力0.4以前出现的第一个滞后环可归属于中孔孔道内的毛细凝聚, 在饱和压力附近出现的第二个滞后环可归属于分子筛颗粒之间的毛细凝聚。利用吸附和XRD数据, 可有效地表征MCM-41分子筛和催化剂的结构有序度和孔道畅通情况。     

Study on sorption of U(VI) onto ordered mesoporous silicas

The mesoporous silicas (MCM-41 and MCM-48) are synthesized by hydrothermal method, which are characterized by XRD and BET techniques. The application of mesoporous silicas for the sorption of U(VI) from aqueous solution are studied by using batch technique under ambient condition. The effects of contact time, solid-to-liquid ratio (m/V), solution pH, ionic strength and temperature are determined, and the results indicate that the sorption of U(VI) to MCM-41 or MCM-48 are strongly dependent on pH values but independent of ionic strength. Compared with Langmuir model, the sorption isotherms can be simulated by Freundlich model well according to the high relative coefficients. The parameters for Langmuir and Freundlich sorption isotherms are calculated from the temperature at 298, 318 and 338 K, respectively, and the results suggest that the sorption of U(VI) on MCM-41 or MCM-48 is a spontaneous and exothermic process. In contrast to its sorption capacity for U(VI), MCM-48 is a suitable material for the preconcentration of U(VI) from large volumes of aqueous solutions.     

A density functional theory for Lennard-Jones fluids in cylindrical pores and its applications to adsorption of nitrogen on MCM-41 materials

A density functional theory (DFT) constructed from the modified fundamental-measure theory and the modified Benedict-Webb-Rubin equation of state is presented. The Helmholtz free energy functional due to attractive interaction is expressed as a functional of attractive weighted-density in which the weight function is a mean-field-like type. An obvious advantage of the present theory is that it reproduces accurate bulk properties such as chemical potential, bulk pressure, vapor-liquid interfacial tension, and so forth when compared with molecular simulations and experiments with the same set of molecular parameters. Capabilities of the present DFT are demonstrated by its applicability to adsorption of argon and nitrogen on, respectively, a model cylindrical pore and mesoporous MCM-41 materials. Comparison of the theoretical results of argon in the model cylindrical pore with those from the newly published molecular simulations indicates that the present DFT predicts accurate average densities in the pore, slightly overestimates the pore pressure, and correctly describes the effect of the fluid-pore wall interaction on average densities and pressures in the pore. Application to adsorption of nitrogen on MCM-41 at 77.4 K shows that the present DFT predicts density profiles and adsorption isotherms in good agreement with those from molecular simulations and experiments. In contrast, the hysteresis loop of adsorption calculated from the mean-field theory shifts toward the low pressure region because a low bulk saturated pressure is produced from the mean-field equation of state. The present DFT offers a good way to describe the adsorption isotherms of porous materials as a function of temperature and pressure.     

A New Method of Calculating Pore Size Distribution: Analysis of Adsorption Isotherms of N(2) and CCl(4) for a Series of MCM-41 Mesoporous Silicas

The adsorption isotherms of N(2) gas at 77 K and CCl(4) vapor at 283.1(5), 298.1(5), and 308.1(5) K were measured for six samples of the mesoporous silicas having uniform cylindrical pores (MCM-41). The pore radii of the six samples (r(p)), which were evaluated from the alpha(s) plots of the N(2) isotherms, were 1.13, 1.29, 1.50, 1.65, 1.90, and 2.53 nm. The CCl(4) adsorption isotherms show that the capillary condensation occurs at the very narrow P/P(0) range. The core radii of the six adsorbents (r(c)), which were estimated from a comparison plot of the CCl(4) isotherm, were 0.90, 1.01, 1.28, 1.37, 1.60, and 2.17 nm. In the comparison plot, the standard CCl(4) isotherm for nonporous silica was used as the reference isotherm. It has been clarified that the Polanyi adsorption potential of capillary condensation is proportional to the reciprocal of the core radii: RT ln(P(0)/P)=5.37r(c)(-1) nm(-1), ln(P(0)/P)=2.17r(c)(-1) nm(-1) at 298.1(5) K, [A]. The statistical thickness of adsorbed CCl(4) on the curved surface (t((pore))), which was estimated from the difference between the pore radii and the core radii, was given by Eq. [B]: t((pore))=0.188+0.336(P/P(0))+0.382(P/P(0))(2) nm [B], (0.08

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Effect of surface acidity and pore size of Al-substituted plugs-containing SBA-15 and MCM-41 silicas on the polymerization of THF

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Adsorption of Carbon Tetrachloride by 3.4 nm Pore Diameter Siliceous MCM-41: Isotherms and Neutron Diffraction

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Structure of methanol confined in MCM-41 investigated by large-angle X-ray scattering technique

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Fabrication of MCM-41 mesoporous silica through the self-assembly supermolecule of β-CD and CTAB

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