The synthesis of pillared nickel-substituted saponite and its hydroisomerization activity

Nickel-substituted saponite clays (NiS) were synthesized. The pillared clays notedPNiS were prepared from the NiS intercalated with large inorganic cations such as [Al_(13)O_4(OH)_(24).(H_2O)_(12)]~(7+). It is found that the pillar density is correlative with aluminium content in the tetra-hedral sheet of NiS. The results from TPR indicate that the palladium loaded on samples promotesthe reduction of the nickel ion in the octahedral sheet. The pillared clays impregnated with Pd~(2+)noted PdPNiS show excellent hydroisomerization property which is much better than that of nickelsubstituted mica-montmorillonite pillared with silicon oxide oligomer noted PdPSMM. The hexaneconversion increases with the content of aluminium ion in the tetrahedral sheet, whereas the changeof the selectivity of isomerization is not obvious.     

Structure and Catalytic Activity of Nickel-substituted Mica- montmorillonite Clay Crosslinked with NH2(C3H3)Si(OC2H5)2

Nickel-substituted mica-montmorillonite clays(Ni-SMM) were synthesized, the pillared clays, Si-Ni-SMM, were prepared from the Ni-SMM intercalated with NH2(C3H5)Si(OC2H5)3.The pillar perhaps consists of tripolymer of silica according to the judgement from the pillar height (8. 5A ) data. The results of IR, ESR and XRD indicate that the hydroxy group in the octahedral layer is attacked by crosslinking agent. Thus the silicon oxide pillars become directly linked via oxygen to the nickel atoms in the octahedral layer. The change of the ratio of Lewis to Bronsted acidity on Si-Ni-SMM reduced at 400℃ by H2 shows that the hydrogenating component such as Ni in the framework of SMM plays an important role in catalyst deactivation in H, atmosphere. This kind of action may be due to spilled- over hydrogen.     

Hydrothermal Synthesis of Nanorods and Nanowires of Mg/Al Layered Double Hydroxides

Layered double hydroxides (LDHs) are a class of synthetic anion clays, characterized by the formula[MⅡ1-xMⅢx (OH)2]x (An- )x/n·yH2O (where M =metal and A = anion, usually carbonate)[1-3]. A large number of LDHs with a wide variety of M Ⅱ-M Ⅲ cation pairs including M Ⅰ-M Ⅲ ( e. g. , Li-Al ) and M Ⅱ-MⅣ( e. g. , Co-Ti) have been reported. Thus the identities of the cations(MⅠ , MⅡ , MⅢ and MⅣ) and the interlayer anion (An-) together with the value of the stoichiometric coefficient (x) may vary widely, giving rise to a large class of isostructural materials.     

Studies on the Synthesis and Complexing Behavior of Crown Ethers with External Coordination Center

Ligands capable of positioning two or more very different metal cations, like transition metal and alkali or alkaline earth metal cations, have been described recently1-3. Reinhoudt et al. have synthesized a number of ligands with the cavity for transition metal cations as well as the cavity for alkali metal cations and the corresponding comlexes with different kinds of metal ions4,5. It was anticipated that co-complexation of a hard cation closing to the complexed transition metal cation woul…     

Novel Silicon Nanotubes

The preparation of silicon nanotubes is a subject of great importance for both the theoretical and experimental work in the nanotube research field since it could lead to a wealth of new physics and chemistry because of the unique properties of silicon as compared with its carbon analogue. Some structures of nanoscale silicon and silicon composites, such as silicon nanowire1, silicon nano-clusters2 and SiC nanorods3 have been discovered and investigated. The silicon nanotubes, however, have …     

Separation and determination of pyrrolidinium ionic liquid cations by ion chromatography with direct conductivity detection

A method for rapid and simultaneous determination of multiple pyrrolidinium ionic liquid cations by ion chromatography with direct conductivity detection was developed.Chromatographic separations were performed on a cation exchange column using ethylenediamine-acetonitrile as the mobile phase.The effects of chromatographic column and the mobile phase,as well as the column temperature on the retention of the cations were investigated.The retention rules of the cations under different chromatographic conditions were formulated.The retention of the cations followed the carbon number rule.The method has been successfully applied to the determination of three ionic liquids synthesized by a chemical laboratory.     

Selective Transport of Alkali—Metal Cations through Liquid Membranes by Non—Cyclic Carriers

The emission spectra of a series of naphthalene end-labeled oligo-oxyethylene(N-Pn-N) and their facilitated transport of cations across liquid membranes have been investigated.Alkali-metal cations enhance or inhibit the intramolecular excimer formation of N-Pn-N remarkably,suggesting that the polyether chain of N-Pn-N in solution complexes with the cations,and the orientation of the terminal chromophores depends on the cation size and the length of the polyether chain. These compounds are able to act as carriers to facilitate transport of alkali-metal cations through organic liquid membranes.The transport efficiencies are comparable with those of cyclic carriers such as crown ethers,and show remarkable selectivity.     

MODIFICATION OF TRANSITION METAL CATIONS TO POLYMER-STABILIZED PLATINUM COLLOIDAL CLUSTERS IN ENANTIOSELECTIVE HYDROGENATION OF METHYL PYRUVATE

Modification of transition metal cations to polymer-stabilized Pt colloidal clusters modified with cinchonidine was studied in enantioselective hydrogenation of methyl pyruvate. Compared to the enantiomeric excess (e.e.) value (71.4%) obtained without the presence of metal cations, obvious e.e. enhancement (up to 82.5%) was resulted from the addition of Zn^2 but with a certain decrease in activity. The reaction parameters in the presence of Zn^2 were also studied. It was found that the Pt colloidal catalysts in the presence of metal cations performed very differently from that in the absence of metal cations.     

Asymmetric allylation of aldehydes and alkylation using "carbon-centered" chiral organosilicon compounds

The effects of the chiral substituents attached to silicon on the stereoselectivity of the reactions of C-centered chiral silicon compounds was examined. The investigation was focused on the asymmetric C-C bond formation reaction of chiral allylsilanes and α-silylallyl anions with aldehydes. The functionalities of the substituents on silicon can be manipulated to improve the stereoselectivities of the reactions remote from silicon atom.     

Nano Si preparation by constant cell voltage electrolysis of FFC-Cambridge Process in molten CaCl₂

Using FFC-Cambridge Process to prepare Si from SiO2 is a promising method to prepare nanostructured and highly pure silicon for solar cells.However,the method still has many problems unsolved and the controlling effect of the cell voltage on silicon product is not clear.Here we report in this article that nano cluster-like silicon product with purity of 99.95%has been prepared by complete conversion of raw material SiO2,quartz glass plate,using constant cell voltage electrolysis FFC-Cambridge Process.By analysis of XRD,EDS,TEM,HRTEM and ICP-AES as well as the discussion from the thermodynamics calculation,the morphology and components of the product based on the change of cell voltage are clarified.It is clear that pure silicon could be prepared at the cell voltage of 1.7 2.1 V in this reaction system.The silicon material have cluster-like structure which are made of silicon nanoparticles in 20 100 nm size.Interestingly,the cluster-like nano structure of the silicon can be tuned by the used cell voltage.The purity,yield and the energy cost of silicon product prepared at the optimized cell voltage are discussed.The purity of the silicon product could be further improved,hence this method is promising for the preparation of solar grade silicon in future.     

Formation of six-coordinated silicon in calcium phosphosilicate xerogels assisted by polyols at low temperature and pressure

Silicon is usually found to be four-coordinated when neighbored with oxygen. Six-coordinated silicon is only seen in samples at very specific composition or made at high temperature/pressure. In this study,we managed to synthesize calcium phosphosilicate xerogels containing six-coordinated silicon with the help of polyols by sol–gel method, without the need of treatment at high temperature or high pressure.Both phosphorus precursors and polyols were found to be essential for the formation of six-coordinated silicon species; in the absence of either species, only normal four-coordinated silicon was observed under otherwise identical conditions. Samples containing six-coordinated silicon sites were found to release silicon species faster than those without six-coordinated silicon sites upon dissolved in water,suggesting that six-coordinated silicon species have higher reactivity toward hydrolysis.     

Rapid and simultaneous determination of imidazolium and pyridinium ionic liquid cations by ion-pair chromatography using a monolithic column

A method for rapid and simultaneous determination of imidazolium and pyridinium ionic liquid cations by ion-pair chromatography with ultraviolet detection was developed.Chromatographic separations were performed on a reversed-phase silica-based monolithic column using 1-heptanesulfonic acid sodium-acetonitrile as mobile phase.The effects of ion-pair reagent and acetonitrile concentration on retention of the cations were investigated.The retention times of the cations accord with carbon number rule.The method has been successfully applied to the determination of four ionic liquids synthesized by organic chemistry laboratory.     

Synthesis and Absorption Properties of Calix[6]amides—based Polymers

Reacting calix[6]arene hexaesters with poly(ethyleneimine),a series of calix[6]amidesbased polymers were obtained for the first time.It is found that they show high absorption capacities towards soft cations comparing to hard cations,and the absorption abilities enhanced with the increasing of calixarene content,which may indicates the cavity of calixarene plays crucial role in absorption.Polymer 2c shows good selective absorption capability towards Ag^ among the tested cations.     

Study on the Phosphenium Cation (Ⅰ)——Synthesis and Characterization of 5-Methylthio-3-N-Phenyl-2,3-2(H)-1,3,4,2-Thiadiazaphosphenium Cation and the Others

Ten years after the first synthesis of neutral two-coordinated phosphorus in 1962, the first phosphenium cations were synthesized by Fleming, Lupton and Jekot in 1972. Up to now, though 30 years have passed, the members of these phosphenium cations are still very few. the research of phosphenium cations is only limited in France, America and other countries. In our laboratory work was done on a new unique cation: the 5-methylthio-3-N-phenyl-2,3-2(H)-1,3,4,2-thiadiazaphosphenium cation which was found and characterized by 261.9 ppm conclusively of ~(31)p NMR. It also has an electric conductivity in nucleophilic and electrophilic reactions. We are interested in noticing that these phospbenium cations are stabilized by one sulfur atom besides nitrogen atoms.     

Effect of Particle Conductivity on Fe-Si Composite Electrodeposition

Coatings containing Fe-Si or Si particles were electrodeposited on 3.0%（mass fraction） Si steel sheets. The surface morphology, the cross-section and the silicon content of coating have been investigated, respectively. It was found that the number of particles on the coating surface and cross-section significantly decreased with increasing silicon content in the applied particles, leading to a decrease of the silicon content of coatings. About 10.2% silicon content of coatings deposited with Fe-30%Si particles can be obtained, whereas that for Si particles was only 2.9% at a particle concentration of 100 g/L and current density of 2 A/dm2. This is mainly attributed to the conductivity of applied particles. High conductivity can promote the co-deposition of the particles. With increasing silicon content in the particles, their conductivity decreased sharply, resulting in the decrease of silicon content of coatings. Present work may initiate a new method to modify the particle content of the composite coatings via changing the conductivity of the particles during the composite electrodeposition. In this paper, a possible mechanism was proposed to explain the phenomena.     

Microwave-Induced Solvent-free Synthesis of β-Keto Esters Using Montmorillonite KSF and K10 Clays as Efficient and Recyclable Heterogeneous Solid Acids

Montmorillonite KSF and K10 clays catalyzed effectively the reaction of methyl diazoacetate with various aldehydes using microwave irradiation under solvent-free conditions affording the corresponding β-keto esters in good yields and short reaction time. The present method is an improvement for the previous known synthetic methods and has many obvious advantages compared to them including the high efficiency, generality, high yields, operational simplicity, environmental benignity, and possibility of recycling the natural solid clays.     

Novel method for synthesis of titanium silicalite-1 (TS-1)

Titanium silicalite-1 (TS-1) was easily synthesized using inorganic silicon and titanium source, tetrapropylammonium bromide (TPABr) or TPAOH as templating molecule, NH3· H2O, HDA or TEAOH etc. as base sources. In this system, TPA cations (come from TPABr or TPAOH) served as tern-plating agents to direct the MFI structure. NH3H2O, TEAOH or HDA etc. provides the alkalinity necessary for crystallization. X-ray diffraction, UV-Vis, ER spectroscopies, SEM, 29 Si MAS NMR showed that the zeolites obtained possessed all the structural characteristics of TS-1, and titanium atoms were introduced into the framework in TS-1. This material was proved to have high crystallinity and high catalytic activity to allyl chloride epoxidation and propylene epoxidation. All the samples synthesized had similar catalytic properties with a standard TS-1 through compared inorganic reactant system with organic synthesis system using propylene epoxidation. The effects of silicon source and TPABr/SiO2 ratio were discussed.     

Study of the Electroless Silver Seed Formation on Silicon Surface

The silver seed on silicon was prepared through aqueous I-IF and AgNO3 solution at room temperature. In order to explore the formation process of silver seed on silicon, the methods of open circuit potential with time （OCP-t）, anodic stripping sweep voltammetry （ASV） and scanning tunneling microscope （STM） were used in this work. The procedure of silver nucleus growing into large particles was explained by electro-negativity. The growth mechanism of silver seed on silicon has been presented： at first, the silver monolayer and multilayer firstly grows onto silicon without fully covering the surface at the expense of silicon etching due to the silver seed attracting the electron from silicon, after that, the monolayer coalesces together, forming continuous grain film with some silver atoms diffusing into the silicon and the multilayer still grows thick simultaneously.     

co-Condensation Synthesis of Salicylaldimine Calcium Complex Containing Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles as Carriers for Drug Release

A series of functional mesoporous silica nanoparticles（MSNs） was synthesized by a one-step simple synthesis approach involving co-condensation of tetraethoxysilane（TEOS） and salicylaldimine ligand（Sal-Si） in the presence of cetyltrimethylammonium chloride（CTAC） under basic conditions.The target MSNs with different sizes （50,100 and 200 nm,respectively） were obtained.Furthermore,the Ca^2＋ cations were also introduced into MSNs.The prepared nanoparticles were characterized by means of infrared（IR） spectra,thermogravimetric analysis（TGA）,inductively coupled plasma（ICP）,CHN elemental analysis,nitrogen adsorption-desorption,scanning electron microscope（SEM） and transmission electron microscope（TEM）.Ibuprofen（IBU） which contains carboxyl groups was selected as a model drug.The results of drug loading and release reveal that the loading capacities and release behaviors of the model drug are highly dependent on the Ca^2＋ cations in MSNs.The release of IBU from the MSNs functionalized by Ca^2＋ cations is found to be effectively controlled when compared to the release from the MSNs without the functionalization of Ca^2＋ cations,which is due to the ionic interaction between carboxyl groups in IBU and Ca^2＋ cations in MSNs.     

Silk fibroin-based biopolymer composite binders with gradient binding energy and strong adhesion force for high-performance micro-sized silicon anodes

Micro-sized silicon anodes have shown much promise in large-scale industrial production of high-energy lithium batteries. However, large volume change(>300%) of silicon anodes causes severe particle pulverization and the formation of unstable solid electrolyte interphases during cycling, leading to rapid capacity decay and short cycle life of lithium-ion batteries. When addressing such issues, binder plays key roles in obtaining good structural integrity of silicon anodes. Herein, we report a...