Effect of hydrothermal treatment on the structure, stability and acidity of Al containing MCM-41 and MCM-48 synthesised at room temperature

The effect of hydrothermal treatment of the synthesis gel on the structure, hydrothermal and mechanical stabilities and acidity of MCM-41 and MCM-48 aluminosilicates synthesised at room temperature has been investigated by X-ray diffraction, nitrogen adsorption at 77 K and DRIFTS with pyridine as probe molecule. The influence of the Al content and pore size on the structure of the resulting treated Al-MCM-41 materials has also been studied. For all samples improvement of the structural ordering and increase of the pore size, was observed, with pore wall thickness remaining practically unchanged. For Al-MCM-48 an improvement of the pore size uniformity occurs during the treatment. Only a small loss of pore size uniformity occurred for Al-MCM-41 prepared with hexadecyltrimethylammonium bromide, but with samples prepared with tetra and octadecyltrimethylammonium bromide the treatment generated a bimodal pore size distribution. The pore volume increased (17%) in the case of Al-MCM-48 but decreased (5.5–14%) for Al-MCM-41, suggesting a decrease in surface roughness resulting from increase of the degree of condensation of the pore walls. Both treated and untreated samples presented relatively strong Brønsted sites and increase of the Lewis acidity was found to occur upon treatment. Treated samples were found to be more resistant to refluxing in boiling water and mechanical compaction, which was attributed to more polymerised pore walls, with Al-MCM-41 samples tested demonstrating higher stability than Al-MCM-48. However, the differences in stability of samples prepared with or without hydrothermal treatment were not significant. Both treated and untreated samples presented high hydrothermal stability. Although refluxing in boiling water lead to some loss of structural ordering, only a small decrease of pore volume (3–5.5% for Al-MCM-41 and 8-14% for Al-MCM-48) occurred, with practically no alterations in pore size and wall thickness. Ordered mesopore structure, with narrower pores and thicker walls, was still observed after compression at 590 MPa for most of the samples tested.     

中孔硅酸盐材料MCM-41的合成与表征研究(英文)

以十六烷基三甲基溴化铵为模板剂,硅酸钠为硅源,铝酸钠为铝源,在水热条件下成功地合成出了ＭＣＭ－４１中孔硅酸盐材料。采用ＸＲＤ、低温Ｎ２吸附脱附等测试手段对合成的ＭＣＭ－４１样品进行了表征。通过优化合成条件,合成出孔径３.２ ｎｍ、比表面９０４ｍ２／ｇ和孔壁厚约１.４６ ｎｍ的ＭＣＭ－４１分子筛。催化活性测定采用微反应活性实验来评价其活性和选择性。     

介孔分子筛COAPSO的合成、表征及其环己烷氧化催化性能

采用一步晶化法合成了具有McM-41介孔分子筛结构的CoAPSO分子筛.用X射线粉末衍射(XRD)、元素分析(ICP)、氮气吸附、透射电镜(TEM)、紫外可见漫反射光谱(UV-Vis)和热重分析(TG)等对样品进行了表征.合成的样品热稳定性高,孔径大约在2.5 nm左右.钴原子以四配位形式进入介孔孔壁中;随着钴含量增加,样品的孔径减小,孔壁增厚.在环己烷氧化反应中,所合成的CoAPSO分子筛显示出较高的催化活性和环己酮选择性;当钴含量为0.34%时,单位钴原子上环己烷的转化数达到420.5.     

NMR provides checklist of generic properties for atomic-scale models of periodic mesoporous silicas

MCM-41 and SBA-15 silicas were studied by (29)Si solid-state NMR and (15)N NMR in the presence of (15)N-pyridine with the aim to formulate generic structural parameters that may be used as a checklist for atomic-scale structural models of this class of ordered mesoporous materials. High-quality MCM-41 silica constitutes quasi-ideal arrays of uniform-size pores with thin pore walls, while SBA-15 silica has thicker pore walls with framework and surface defects. The numbers of silanol (Q(3)) and silicate (Q(4)) groups were found to be in the ratio of about 1:3 for MCM-41 and about 1:4 for our SBA-15 materials. Combined with the earlier finding that the density of surface silanol groups is about three per nm(2) in MCM-41 (Shenderovich, et al. J. Phys. Chem. B 2003, 107, 11924) this allows us to discriminate between different atomic-scale models of these materials. Neither tridymite nor edingtonite meet both of these requirements. On the basis of the hexagonal pore shape model, the experimental Q(3):Q(4) ratio yields a wall thickness of about 0.95 nm for MCM-41 silica, corresponding to the width of ca. four silica tetrahedra. The arrangement of Q(3) groups at the silica surfaces was analyzed using postsynthesis surface functionalization. It was found that the number of covalent bonds to the surface formed by the functional reagents is affected by the surface morphology. It is concluded that for high-quality MCM-41 silicas the distance between neighboring surface silanol groups is greater than 0.5 nm. As a result, di- and tripodical reagents like (CH(3))(2)Si(OH)(2) and CH(3)Si(OH)(3) can form only one covalent bond to the surface. The residual hydroxyl groups of surface-bonded functional reagents either remain free or interact with other reagent molecules. Accordingly, the number of surface silanol groups at a given MCM-41 or SBA-15 silica may not decrease but increase after treatment with CH(3)Si(OH)(3) reagent. On the other hand, nearly all surface silanol groups could be functionalized when HN(Si(CH(3))(3))(2) was used.     

Synthesis and Characterization of Ce-Containing MCM-41

SUMMARY. The cerium-containing MCM-41 (Ce-MCM-41) has been synthesized with size in the micrometer range by direct hydrothermal method. Transmission electron microscopy shows the regular hexagonal array of uniform channel characteristics of MCM-41. Five peaks were detected in the lov-angle XRD patterns,an interplanar spacing d100 = 40.6 A was obtained that can be indexed on a hexagonal unit cell with a0 = 46.9 A. Nitrogen adsorption isotherm at 77 K revealed a surface area of 920 m2/g, pore size of 26.2 A and wall thickness of 18.1 A. A cell contraction of 2.6 A upon calcination was observed. The spectroscopic studies indicate that the synthesized sample is with MCM-41 structure and Ce is in the framework position. A weak Lewis acidity was indicated by infrared spectra of pyridine adsorption. The synthesized Ce-MCM-41 exhibits fairly catalytic activity for the NO reduction by CO.     

蔗糖在MCM-48表面的自发单层分散

采用液相浸渍法研究了蔗糖在中孔MCM-48表面的自发单层分散. 用X射线衍射(XRD)相定量分析法, 测定了蔗糖在MCM-48上的最大分散容量, 并用差热分析、N2吸附技术对制备的样品进行表征. 结果表明, 在蔗糖与MCM-48的质量比小于1.1时, 蔗糖在MCM-48表面能自发分散成单层. 当蔗糖/MCM-48 质量比为0.8时, MCM-48的比表面积由初始的998 m2·g-1降至114 m2·g-1, 孔径由原来的2.7 nm降至2.0 nm, 孔容由0.76 cm3·g-1降至0.11 cm3·g-1. 当蔗糖与MCM-48的质量比超过1.1时, MCM-48的比表面积迅速减小至10 m2·g-1以下. 这是因为蔗糖分子大小和MCM-48孔径相差不大, 导致蔗糖在MCM-48表面分散时出现孔道堵塞.     

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.     

Tailoring pore properties of MCM-48 silica for selective adsorption of CO2

Four different types of amine-attached MCM-48 silicas were prepared and investigated for CO(2) separation from N(2). Monomeric and polymeric hindered and unhindered amines were attached to the pore surface of the MCM-48 silica and characterized with respect to their CO(2) sorption properties. The pore structures and amino group content in these modified silicas were investigated by XRD, FT-IR, TGA, N(2) adsorption/desorption at 77 K and CHN/Si analysis, which confirmed that in all cases the amino groups were attached to the pore surface of MCM-48 at 1.5-5.2 mmol/g. The N(2) adsorption/desorption analysis showed a considerable decrease of the pore volume and surface area for the MCM-48 silica containing a polymeric amine (e.g., polyethyleneimine). The CO(2) adsorption rates and capacities of the amine-attached MCM-48 samples were studied employing a sorption microbalance. The results obtained indicated that in addition to the concentration of surface-attached amino groups, specific interactions between CO(2) and the surface amino groups, and the resultant pore structure after amine group attachment have a significant impact on CO(2) adsorption properties of these promising adsorbent materials.     

Pore curvature effect on the stability of Co-MCM-41 and the formation of size-controllable subnanometer Co clusters

Samples of Co-MCM-41 with different pore diameters have been synthesized using organic templates with different alkyl chain lengths. The reducibility of cobalt in these highly stable samples was investigated by TPR and X-ray absorption spectroscopy. We have found that the reducibility correlates strongly with the pore diameter of the MCM-41, with the cobalt incorporated in the smaller pore MCM-41 being more resistant to complete reduction. It is proposed that the distribution of cobalt ions in the pore wall is affected by both the preparation procedure and the pore diameter. The size of the metallic Co clusters formed after different reducing treatments correlates linearly with the pore size, giving direct evidence for the effect of the radius of curvature on reducibility. Complete cobalt reduction after TPR causes an inverse variation of the cluster size with the pore size, resulting from differences in the density of Co clusters and from differences in the rate of Co migration and aggregation outside the pores of MCM-41 with different pore sizes.     

MCM-41分子筛合成与模版剂回收新方法

研究了以溴代十六烷基吡啶（CPBr）为模板剂,正硅酸乙酯（TEOS）为硅源,在强酸性介质中形成MCM-41介孔分子筛六方晶相的过程中,HCI／TEOS对分子筛结构的影响．发现随HCI／TEOS提高,分子筛结晶度、晶胞参数、孔道壁厚明显增加,孔径呈减少趋势．同时还发现包结于分子筛孔道中的CPBr100％可以通过丙团／水混合溶剂萃取回收．据此,本文对MCM-41分子筛的“S X-I ”超分子组装机理及分子筛孔道内模板剂的存在状态进行了进一步探讨．     

Postsynthesis vapor-phase functionalization of MCM-48 with hexamethyldisilazane and 3-aminopropyldimethylethoxylsilane for bioseparation applications

MCM-48 was surface modified via vapor-phase reactions with hexamethyldisilazane (CH(3)-MCM-48) and 3-aminopropyldimethylethoxysilane (NH(2)-MCM-48). (29)Si NMR confirmed that the resulting materials contained covalently attached trimethylsilane and 3-aminopropyldimethylsilane moieties, both important functionalities for bioseparation applications. The surface coverage was approximately 1.8 and 0.9 groups per nm(2), respectively. The X-ray diffraction patterns and the narrow pore size distributions obtained from the gas sorption isotherms showed that the modified materials retained the characteristic pore structure of the underlying MCM-48 material. CH(3)-MCM-48 exhibited significantly improved hydrolytic stability over the unmodified MCM-48 under the aqueous conditions tested, whereas NH(2)-MCM-48 appeared to be less stable than the unmodified MCM-48. The decrease in stability is most likely due to the nature of the attachment of the 3-aminopropyldimethylsilane moiety, where the conversion of surface silanol groups is limited by H bonding with the amino end, leading to a 50% lower surface concentration and resulting in an increased likelihood of nucleophilic attack on the silica surface, enhancing the rate of hydrolysis. Hexamethyldisilazane thus appears to be a superior functional group for modifying the MCM-48 surface.     

以混合表面活性剂为模板可控合成MCM-48和MCM-41分子筛

利用阳离子和三嵌段共聚物混合表面活性剂为模板,在水热条件、碱性介质中可控合成出MCM-48和MCM-41分子筛。在固定P123(聚氧乙烯-聚氧丙烯-聚氧乙烯三嵌段共聚物):TEOS(正硅酸乙酯)(物质的量的比)为0.01875的体系中,调节CTAB(十六烷基三甲基溴化铵)∶TEOS(正硅酸乙酯)物质的量比值m,当m在0.12~0.13范围合成出MCM-48分子筛;当m在0.04~0.08范围合成出MCM-41分子筛。通过XRD,TEM,N2物理吸附,IR等方法进行了表征。结果表明:聚氧乙烯-聚氧丙烯-聚氧乙烯三嵌段共聚物(P123)的加入可以更大程度地降低合成介孔材料所需阳离子表面活性剂的用量;可控合成的介孔材料具有高比表面积、高度有序的孔道结构、较集中的孔径分布。     

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.     

用实验吸附等温线和计算机分子模拟表征中孔分子筛MCM-41

首先比较了表征MCM-41的两个势模型对吸附等温线的影响。发现在一维势模型 中,低压部分的吸附应与选用的势模型的势阱深度有关,而毛细凝聚发生的位置与 孔壁在离壁面较远处与流体分子的相互作用的强弱有关。然后作者使用了一个“混 合”的势模型,即采用作者提出的势函数表征孔壁中氧原子对MCM-41中流体分子的 作用,而采用Tjatjopoulos等提出的势函数近似地表征MCM-41表面硅醇基团以及一 些未知因子对流体分子的作用。虽然这种势模型仍然是一维的,但这种势模型将孔 壁内氧原子的作用和表面上非均匀性分开考虑,具有较明确的物理意义。通过计算 机模拟与实验数据的比较发现,这种势模型可以较好地拟合氮气在MCM-41中的吸附 等温线。     

介孔分子筛孔道结构对药物巯甲丙脯酸释放性能的影响

以巯甲丙脯酸为药物模型, 研究了不同孔道结构的介孔分子筛载体的药物释放性能.     

Photochange in pore diameters of azobenzene-planted mesoporous silica materials

Azobenzene (Az) groups were planted on the pore wall of mesoporous silica MCM-41 (M41) by silylation of triethoxy[4-phenylazo(phenyl)]silane. The optimal surface density of Az groups was 0.9 group nm-2, and too much loading of Az induced the lowering of the efficiency of the trans-cis isomerization due to the congestion of the groups. The reversible change in the pore diameters upon UV-vis irradiation could not be confirmed by N2 adsorption at 77 K but was revealed to be ca. 1.0 nm by the shift of the UV-vis absorption band of p-N,N-dimethylaminobenzylidenemalononitrile introduced into the Az-modified pores.     

介孔分子筛MCM-48的室温合成与表面修饰

在室温条件下的碱性介质中合成了介孔分子筛MCM-48，并对其进行了有机官能团表面修饰。利用HRTEM、低温N₂吸附、XRD、TG、IR和NMR等手段对产物进行了结构和性能分析。实验结果表明，合成产物MCM-48具有规则的孔道结构、大比表面积、大孔容和窄分布的孔径。由硅烷试剂表面修饰后的MCM-48，由于有机官能团接枝在MCM-48的内表面，占据了孔道内部空间，使其比表面积、孔容和孔径都减小。     

Study of the Adsorption Properties of MCM-41 Molecular Sieves Prepared at Different Synthesis Times

The variation of surface properties of SiMCM-41 and AlMCM-41 nanoporous materials as function of synthesis time was examined. The main properties studied were: surface area, pore diameter, pore volume, mesoporous parameter, and wall thickness. Siliceous MCM-41 molecular sieves were synthesized starting from hydrogels with the following molar compositions: 4.58SiO₂:0.435Na₂O:1 CTMABr:200 H₂O for SiMCM-41, and 4.58SiO₂:0.485 Na₂O:1 CTMABr:0.038 Al₂O₃:200 H₂O, for AlMCM-41. Cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTMABr) was used as the structural template. The crystallographic parameters were obtained from XRD data and by nitrogen adsorption using the BET and BJH methods. The results obtained showed a significant variation of the surface properties of the MCM-41 materials as a function of the synthesis time reaching silica wall thickness of ca. 2 nm on the fourth day.     

Thiol-functionalized MCM-48： an Effective Absorbent of Mercury Ions

Water polluted by toxic metals remains an important environmental issue, and there hasrecently been a growing interest in the research of materials capable of removing toxicmetal ions from contaminated water. Mercury is one of the heavy metal ions that ha…     

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.