Effect of water on the ionothermal synthesis of molecular sieves

AlPO4-11 and AlPO4-5 molecular sieves are ionothermally prepared without addition of water by using anhydrous starting materials, such as NH4H2PO4, pseudoboehmite (AlOOH), and NH4F. The synthesis appears to be an autocatalytic process. Water has a remarkable effect on the synthesis process. Addition of reagent quantities of water (H2O/Al = 1, molar ratio) can enhance the crystallization kinetics greatly.     

Nondestructive identification of colloidal molecular sieves stabilized in water

The encapsulation of small quaternary ammonium ions in zeolite frameworks could be used as a base for investigation of the crystallization process of colloidal (nanosized) molecular sieves stabilized in water with Raman and (13)C NMR spectroscopic methods. The organic-framework interactions in colloidal microporous materials with LTA, FAU, BEA, and MFI topology have been considered; the results show that the crystallinity of nanosized particles with monomodal particle size distribution stabilized in water can be examined using the vibrational and magnetic resonance spectral features of the organic template molecules occluded in the specific pores and cages in the zeolite framework. The molecular packing effect and restricted mobility due to specific organic/framework interactions result in shifts and substantial broadening of the (13)C NMR signals, as well as in changes of the positions and the relative intensities of the Raman peaks. The spectroscopic methods are very efficient for analyzing the crystalline structures of nanosized molecular sieves stabilized in aqueous suspensions due to no restrictions related to the particle size.     

Metalloporphyrin molecular sieves

Crystal-engineering strategies have been systematically developed for the rational design by self-assembly of diverse metalloporphyrin molecular-sieve materials. Cooperative coordination and hydrogen bonding algorithms of molecular recognition proved particularly useful for this aim. The supramolecular concepts used in the construction of stable nanoporous solids and some unique sieve-type structures obtained thus far are illustrated.     

Modeling water adsorption in carbon micropores: study of water in carbon molecular sieves

Measurements of water adsorption equilibrium in a carbon molecular sieve are undertaken in order to gain insight into the nature of water adsorption in carbon micropores. The measurements are taken at low concentrations to emphasize the role of oxygen-containing functional groups in the adsorption of water. Comparisons are made with previously published water adsorption data at higher concentrations to provide a data set spanning a wide range of loading. The assembled data set provides an opportunity for comparison of various theories for prediction of water adsorption in carbon micropores. Shortcomings of current theories are outlined, and an analytical theory that is free of these deficiencies is proposed in this investigation. With the consideration of micropore volume and pore size distribution, the experimental data and proposed isotherm model are consistent with previous studies of Takeda carbon molecular sieves. Also investigated is the uptake kinetics of water, which is characterized by a Fickian diffusion mechanism. The Maxwell-Stefan formulation is applied to characterize the dependence of the diffusional mobility upon loading.     

Template burning inside TS-1 and Fe-MFI molecular sieves: an in situ XRPD study

The high X-ray flux available at the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF), combined with the use of a suitably designed area detector setup, allowed us to follow in real time the structural changes occurring during the template burning processes inside TS-1 and Fe-silicalite MFI zeolites with a X-ray powder diffraction technique (XRPD). Rietveld analysis of the XRPD patterns collected in the 350-1000 K interval, integrated each 15 K, yields to the determination of the template overall occupancy factor versus T with an accuracy comparable with that obtained by thermogravimetric measurements, routinely employed for this purpose. The evolution of the structural parameters (V, a, b, c, site occupancy factor of the template molecule) vs T has been obtained. These data allow us to have, for the first time, a complete view of the structural rearrangements induced by the template burning process on the zeolitic framework. The differences caused by the different heteroatom inserted in the MFI lattice (Ti or Fe) are discussed. For both TS-1 and Fe-MFI, the kinetics of the reaction were investigated, to obtain the activation energy of the calcinations process employing the nonisothermal data according to the theory recently proposed by Kennedy and Clark [Thermochim. Acta, 1997, 307, 27-35]. For TS-1 only, the time-resolved template burning experiment has been repeated in isothermal conditions at four different temperatures, to obtain the activation energy from isothermal data, according to the standard procedure. Comparison between Arrhenius plots obtained from isothermal and nonisothermal data demonstrates that the Kennedy and Clark method can be also applied to complex materials such as the MFI zeolites. This approach, when applied to time-resolved XRPD studies, is much less time consuming (requesting, in principle, one single nonisothermal run) with respect to the classic approach, which requests at least three isothermal runs. Moreover, it allows a remarkably lower associated error (151 +/- 11 versus 146 +/- 30 kJ mol(-)(1)) due to the much higher number of experimental points employed to perform the linear fit.     

Single-file water in nanopores

Water molecules confined to pores with sub-nanometre diameters form single-file hydrogen-bonded chains. In such nanoscale confinement, water has unusual physical properties that are exploited in biology and hold promise for a wide range of biomimetic and nanotechnological applications. The latter can be realized by carbon and boron nitride nanotubes which confine water in a relatively non-specific way and lend themselves to the study of intrinsic properties of single-file water. As a consequence of strong water-water hydrogen bonds, many characteristics of single-file water are conserved in biological and synthetic pores despite differences in their atomistic structures. Charge transport and orientational order in water chains depend sensitively on and are mainly determined by electrostatic effects. Thus, mimicking functions of biological pores with apolar pores and corresponding external fields gives insight into the structure-function relation of biological pores and allows the development of technical applications beyond the molecular devices found in living systems. In this Perspective, we revisit results for single-file water in apolar pores, and examine the similarities and the differences between these simple systems and water in more complex pores.     

Titanium-containing silica mesoporous molecular sieves

An analysis was made of the conditions for the synthesis of titanium-containing mesoporous silica molecular sieves and their effect on the stereochemical structure, the coordination of the titanium, and the catalytic characteristics. L. V. Pisarzhevskii Institute of Physical Chemistry, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, 31 Prospekt Nauki, Kiev 03039, Ukraine. Translated from Teoreticheskaya i éksperimental'naya Khimiya, Vol. 36, No. 3, pp. 135–158, May–June, 2000.     

介孔分子筛研究新进展

介孔分子筛材料作为催化剂或催化剂载体为有机大分子参与反应提供了有利的空间构型和择形活性中心,在石油加工工业中具有潜在的应用优势。但由于介孔分子筛材料的水热稳定性比较低,且酸性较弱,极大地影响了其在催化领域中的广泛应用。本文综述了近年硅基介孔分子筛的改性研究进展,重点讨论了在提高介孔分子筛酸性和水热稳定性方面的研究工作。     

Thermogravimetry of molecular sieves note 1

Water-saturated molecular sieves were studied with a derivatograph. Apparent activation energies and orders of reaction were calculated and interpreted on the basis of the structures of the samples.     

Heat capacity of water in nanopores

Heat capacity of controlled amounts of water in Vycor's 2 nm radius pores has been determined in real time during the course of water's isothermal nanoconfinement from bulk state at 358 K, by using temperature-modulated calorimetry. As water transfers from bulk to nanopores via the vapor phase, its heat capacity per molecule increases asymptotically toward a limiting value of 1.4 times the heat capacity of bulk water for 1.8 wt % water in Vycor and 1.04 times for 10.0 wt %. The observations indicate that vibrational and configurational contributions to the heat capacity are highest when the amount of water is insufficient to completely cover the pore wall, and they decrease as more water is present in the nanopores and water clusters form. The heat capacity of water in completely filled nanopores approaches the value for bulk water, thus indicating that the heat capacity varies with the water molecules' position in the nanopores.     

Ionothermal synthesis process for aluminophosphate molecular sieves in the mixed water/ionic liquid system

The synthesis process of aluminophosphate AlPO(4)-11 molecular sieve in the mixed water/1-butyl- 3-methylimidazolium bromide ([bmim]Br) ionic liquid was investigated by XRD, multinuclear solid-state NMR, scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and X-ray energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS). It was observed that a tablet phase, named SIZ-2, was formed at the early stage of crystallization. During crystallization metastable SIZ-2 with an incompletely condensed framework phosphorus disappeared gradually, and the phosphorous species became fully condensed through hydroxyl reaction with tetrahedral aluminum to form thermodynamically stable AlPO(4)-11 in the final product. It was found that [bmim]Br, acting as the structure-directing agent, was occluded into the AlPO(4)-11 channel.     

Elevation of melting temperature for confined palmitic acid inside cylindrical nanopores

High resolution 13C nuclear magnetic resonance was employed to study the phase behavior of the amphiphilic long-chain palmitic acid (PA) confined inside the cylindrical nanopores in the matrix of titanate nanotubes. For a series of mixtures of titanate nanotubes and palmitic acid at various mass ratios, it was shown that annealing at the bulk melting temperature (approximately 335.5 K) of PA induced fast chemisorption of PA on the nanotube surface followed by slow physical trapping of PA into the cylindrical nanopore. It was found that the trapped PA remained solidlike substantially above the bulk melting temperature. Contrary to the bulk neat PA, for the trapped PA, the isotropic molecular-chain reorientation was shown to remain arrested even above the bulk melting temperature. When destabilized at approximately 349 K, the trapped PA deserted the nanopore and formed bulk PA, which could be retrapped into the nanopore upon annealing at the bulk melting temperature. The entire process was shown as reversible.     

Rotational fluctuations of water confined to layered oxide materials: nonmonotonous temperature dependence of relaxation times

The rotational molecular dynamics of water confined to layered oxide materials with brucite structure was studied by dielectric spectroscopy in the frequency range from 10(-2) to 10(7) Hz and in a broad temperature interval. The layered double hydroxide samples show one relaxation process, which was assigned to fluctuations of water molecules forming a layer, strongly adsorbed to the oxide surface. The temperature dependence of the relaxation rates has an unusual saddlelike shape characterized by a maximum. The model of Ryabov et al. (J. Phys. Chem. B 2001, 105, 1845) recently applied to describe the dynamics of water molecules in porous glasses is employed also for the layered materials. This model assumes two competing effects: rotational fluctuations of water molecules that take place simultaneously with defect formation, allowing the creation of free volume necessary for reorientation. The activation energy of rotational fluctuations, the energy of defect formation, a pre-exponential factor, and the defect concentration are obtained as main parameters from a fit of this model to the data. The values of these parameters were compared with those found for water confined to nanoporous molecular sieves, porous glasses, or bulk ice. Several correlations were discussed in detail, such as the lower the value of the energy of defect formation, the higher the number of defects. The pre-exponential factor increases with increasing activation energy, as an expression of the compensation law, and indicates the cooperative nature of the motional process. The involvement of the surface OH groups and of the oxygen atoms of the interlayer anions in the formation of hydrogen bonds was further discussed. For the birnessite sample, the relaxation processes are probably overlaid by a dominating conductivity contribution, which is analyzed in its frequency and temperature dependence. It is found that the conductivity of birnessite obeys the characteristics of semiconducting disordered materials. Especially the Barton/Nakajima/Namikawa relationship is fulfilled. Analyzing the temperature dependence of the direct current (dc) conductivity sigma0 in detail gives some hint that sigma0(T) has also an unusual saddlelike form.     

Three-dimensional DNA crystals as molecular sieves

DNA has proved to be a successful nanoscale building block because of its inherent programmability and its predictable structural features. One long-standing goal of DNA nanotechnology has been the rational design and assembly of three-dimensional (3D) DNA crystals for use as molecular scaffolds, in molecular electronics assembly, and as molecular sieves. Here we demonstrate that rationally designed 3D DNA crystals with mesoporous features can function as molecular sieves by selectively adsorbing proteins based on size.     

Synthesis and characterization of mesoporous molecular sieves

In the synthesis of mesoporous molecular sieves of the type MCM-41, different cationactive surfactants and sources of silicon were used. Moreover, Al-MCM-41 samples with different content of aluminium were synthesized. MCM-41 and Al-MCM-41 were synthesized at elevated temperature in stainless-steel autoclaves. Prepared mesoporous molecular sieves were characterized by powder X-ray diffraction (XRD), physical adsorption of nitrogen at the temperature of −197°C, sorption capacity of benzene, and by infrared spectroscopy (FTIR). Acidity was measured for Al-MCM-41 by temperature programmed desorption of ammonia (TPDA) and by FTIR of adsorbed pyridine. Acid catalytic activity of Al-MCM-41 was tested by isomerization of o-xylene. Influence of the synthesis reproducibility, surfactant used, source of silicon, synthesis time, source of aluminium, and Si to Al mole ratio on the properties of mesoporous molecular sieves were evaluated.     

分子筛对葡萄糖淀粉酶的吸附性能研究

测定了黑曲霉葡萄糖淀粉酶(E.C.3.2.1.3)在三种改性的、具有中孔和大孔的分子筛上的吸附等温线并将吸附量和吸附等温线的形状与分子筛的等电点、孔容、孔径及酸性相关联。讨论了孔结构和不同酶吸附量对分子筛固定化葡萄糖淀粉酶活力的影响。发现葡萄糖淀粉酶在再造孔分子筛上的单层饱和吸附量与再造孔的方法密切有关,三种不同再造孔方法制得的分子筛具有不同的骨架Si/Al比、不同的孔分布和比表面积。不同的Si/Al比导致不同的酸性质和等电点。酶吸附量与载体的表面酸性、等电点以及吸附时溶液的pH有关。分子筛对酶的吸附以静电作用为主。其次,当中孔孔径和孔容越大时,单层饱和吸附量亦越大。随着分子筛对葡萄糖淀粉酶的吸附量增加,固定化酶的活力增大,但固定化酶的比活力随吸附量的增加、中孔孔容和孔径的减小而下降。     

介孔分子筛在生物酶固定化中的应用

综述了MCM-48和SBA-15等新型介孔分子筛用生物酶固定化载体研究的新进展。介孔分子筛由于拥有巨大的比表面积(~1000m2/g)、纳米尺寸孔道(2~50m)和较大的孔容(~1.0 cm3/g),因此以分子筛为载体利用物理吸附制备的固定化酶呈现出高的催化活性,但固定化酶操作稳定性较低,在使用过程中部分酶分子发生了脱落,其原因是分子筛表面自由的硅羟基通过物理吸附或氢键作用固定酶分子。借助介孔分子筛自身的自由硅羟基在表面嫁接-COOH、-NH2、-CH=CH2等有机官能团来构筑酶固定化的微环境,改善酶分子和载体的亲和作用,提高固定化酶的活性。目前,利用有机官能团功能化介孔分子筛固定化酶是研究发展的趋势。