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

Large-angle X-ray scattering (LAXS) measurements over a temperature range from 223 to 298 K have been made on methanol confined in mesoporous silica MCM-41 with two different pore diameters, 28 A (C14) and 21 A (C10), under both monolayer and capillary-condensed adsorption conditions. To compare the structure of methanol in the MCM-41 pores with that of bulk methanol, X-ray scattering intensities for bulk methanol in the same temperature range have also been measured. The radial distribution functions (RDFs) for the monolayer methanol samples showed that methanol molecules are strongly hydrogen bonded to the silanol groups on the MCM-41 surface, resulting in no significant change in the structure of adsorbed methanol with respect to the pore size and temperature. On the other hand, the RDFs for the capillary-condensed methanol samples showed that hydrogen-bonded chains of methanol molecules are formed in both pores. However, the distance and number of hydrogen bonds estimated from the RDFs suggested that hydrogen bonds between methanol molecules in the pores are significantly distorted or partly disrupted. It has been found that the hydrogen bonds are more distorted in the smaller pores of MCM-41. With decreasing temperature, however, the hydrogen-bonded chains of methanol in the pores were gradually ordered. A comparison of the present results on methanol in MCM-41 pores with those on water in the same pores revealed that the structural change with temperature is less significant for confined methanol than for confined water.     

Interlayer water molecules in vanadium pentoxide hydrate. 8. Dynamic properties by quasi-elastic neutron scattering

The dynamics of water molecules in the layered vanadium pentoxide hydrate, V(2)O(5).nH(2)O, were studied by quasi-elastic neutron scattering (QENS) measurements. Heterogeneity of the dynamic properties was confirmed by alpha-relaxation model analysis. Translational diffusion of monolayer and double-layer water molecules is by site-to-site diffusion and is reduced relative to that of bulk water. Water molecules lose their mobility markedly and solidify with decreasing temperature. However, mobile water remains at 253 K. Rotational diffusion coefficients are unaffected by confinement and are very similar to the bulk values determined at temperatures in the range 253-298 K. The dynamic speed characterized by QENS is much faster than that expected from the data determined by deuterium NMR (DNMR) measurements at low temperatures.     

Neutron scattering study on dynamics of water molecules in MCM-41. 2. Determination of translational diffusion coefficient

Quasielastic neutron scattering (QENS) spectra of water-filled MCM-41 samples (pore diameters: 21.4 and 28.4 Angstrom) were measured over the temperature range 238-298 K and the momentum transfer range 0.31-0.99 A(-1) to investigate the dynamics of confined water molecules. The spectra, which consist mainly of contributions from the translational diffusion of water molecules, were analyzed by using the Lorentzian and the stretched exponential functions. Comparison of the fits indicated that the latter analysis is more reliable than the former one. The fraction of immobile water molecules located in the vicinity of the pore walls, which give an elastic component, was found to be 0.044-0.061 in both pores. The stretch exponent beta was determined as 0.66-0.80. It was shown that the translational diffusion of water molecules in the pores is decelerated by confinement and that the deceleration becomes marked with a decrease in pore size. The ratios of the translational diffusion coefficient D(T) of confined water to that of bulk water at room temperature were within a range of 0.47-0.63.     

Melting mechanism of monolayers adsorbed in cylindrical pores: the influence of the pore wall roughness

We have analyzed the mechanism of melting of molecular layers adsorbed in porous materials with cylindrical pores and rough pore walls. The working example studied here is a monolayer of methane molecules adsorbed in MCM-41 pore of diameter 2R=4 nm. Both experimental (neutron scattering) and simulation (Monte Carlo) results demonstrate the strong influence of the wall roughness on the melting mechanism. In particular, the transformation between solidlike and liquidlike monolayer phases adsorbed on a rough surface is observed over a broad temperature range, and solidlike properties persist even above the bulk methane melting temperature.     

Fe/MCM-41 as a promising heterogeneous catalyst for ozonation of p-chlorobenzoic acid in aqueous solution

Mesoporous MCM-41 and Fe loaded MCM-41（Fe/MCM-41）,which were successfully prepared by a hydrothermal method and a dipping method respectively,were applied as heterogeneous catalysts for ozonation of p-chlorobenzoic acid（p-CBA） in aqueous solution.MCM-41 and Fe/MCM-41 were characterized by XRD,FT-IR and diffuse reflectance UV-vis（DR-UV-vis） techniques. The presence of either MCM-41 or Fe/MCM-41 improves p-CBA and total organic carbon（TOC） removal efficiency compared to ozonation alone.Under the experimental condition,TOC removal rate of Fe/MCM-41/O₃ process is over 63.5%at 60 min oxidation time,44.5%using MCM-41 as catalyst,only 37.7%with ozonation alone.The presence of tert-butanol（TBA） in the Fe/MCM-41/ O₃ process indicated that the oxidation mechanism of p-CBA occurs via OH in the liquid bulk.And Fe/MCM-41 is a promising catalyst.     

Metastability of MCM-41 and Al-MCM-41

The apparent stability of MCM-41 and Al-MCM-41 in water was appraised in a series of solubility experiments. MCM-41 is a siliceous, mesoporous material of hexagonal symmetry and exceptionally high surface area first synthesized in 1992. The dissolution experiments were carried out at several solid/water ratios: 1/200, 1/100, and 1/75. Results indicated that MCM-41 and Al-MCM-41 are more soluble than amorphous silica at ambient temperatures. Using standard thermodynamic data, a minimum Gibbs free energy of formation of -847.9 kJ/mol for MCM-41 was calculated compared to -848.85 kJ/mol for amorphous silica and -856.3 kJ/mol for quartz. X-ray diffraction (XRD) analyses of recovered solids indicated a progressive loss of crystallinity in MCM-41 and Al-MCM-41 over the 79 day dissolution experiment. BET nitrogen surface area analyses of recovered solids revealed no appreciable change in the surface area of either material after 79 days of reaction in water. Field emission scanning electron microscope (SEM) images taken of the 79 day MCM-41 sample showed some degradation of the initial structure-fine, worm-like particles.     

杂原子介孔Co-MCM-41分子筛的制备及其吸附脱氮性能

采用水热法合成了介孔MCM-41和Co-MCM-41分子筛,并利用XRD、FT-IR、低温N₂吸附-脱附和NH₃-TPD等方法对合成的分子筛进行了表征。考察了晶化时间、晶化温度、陈化时间对合成介孔Co-MCM-41分子筛的影响,确定较适宜的合成条件为陈化时间1 h,晶化温度110 ℃,晶化时间2 d。XRD 和FT-IR表征结果说明,Co原子已经进入MCM-41的骨架。MCM-41和Co-MCM-41的平均孔径均为2.82 nm,BET比表面积分别为986.42和 637.69 m²/g,孔容分别为0.762 1和0.537 2 m³/g。NH₃-TPD的表征结果表明,MCM-41和Co-MCM-41的酸性都较弱,但Co-MCM-41的酸性明显强于MCM-41。在此基础上,利用合成的MCM-41和Co-MCM-41吸附脱除氮含量为1 737.35 μg/g的模拟燃料中的喹啉。喹啉分子尺寸的模拟结果为0.711 6 nm × 0.500 2 nm,说明其可以很容易地进入MCM-41和Co-MCM-41的介孔孔道中。Co-MCM-41分子筛的氮脱除率明显高于MCM-41,这是由于其较强的酸性及与喹啉之间的化学吸附,而且,Co-MCM-41吸附脱氮具有较好的再生性能。     

Cr–MCM–41 Molecular Sieves Crystallized at Room Temperature for Reaction of Ethane with CO2

室温晶化合成了掺杂不同Cr含量的Cr–MCM–41分子筛。应用XRD、FT-IR和DRS UV–Vis等技术对所制样品进行了表征。表征结果表明，用室温晶化法能合成较好结构的Cr–MCM–41分子筛，掺杂的Cr除了进入MCM–41分子筛骨架中，还弥散或高度分散在分子筛表面。在常压连续流动固定床反应器上考察了它们对乙烷和CO2氧化脱氢制乙烯反应的性能。实验结果表明，5%Cr-MCM-41在973K可使乙烷的转化率达到43.27%，乙烯的选择性达到86.70%、收率达到37.51%。Cr的掺杂量、反应温度等条件对该反应均有一定影响。Cr3+是催化活性中心。     

Oxidation of condensed cyclic hydrocarbons with H2O2 in the presence of modified MCM-41 and SBA-15 mesoporous catalysts

Selective oxidation of condensed cyclic aromatics (naphthalene, tetralin and decalin) by hydrogen peroxide was performed in the presence of Ti, Fe or Cr containing MCM-41 and SBA-15 mesoporous catalysts. Using ultrasonic equipment, both in protic (methanol) and aprotic (acetonitrile) solvent, formation of naphthols could be detected in the oxidation of naphthalene. In the reaction of tetralin, the formation of 1-tetralone (an industrially important material) is higher than 30% over Cr-MCM-41 catalyst.     

Hydrogen bonding of water confined in mesoporous silica MCM-41 and SBA-15 studied by 1H solid-state NMR

The adsorption of water in two mesoporous silica materials with cylindrical pores of uniform diameter, MCM-41 and SBA-15, was studied by 1H MAS (MAS=magic angle spinning) and static solid-state NMR spectroscopy. All observed hydrogen atoms are either surface -SiOH groups or hydrogen-bonded water molecules. Unlike MCM-41, some strongly bound water molecules exist at the inner surfaces of SBA-15 that are assigned to surface defects. At higher filling levels, a further difference between MCM-41 and SBA-15 is observed. Water molecules in MCM-41 exhibit a bimodal line distribution of chemical shifts, with one peak at the position of inner-bulk water, and the second peak at the position of water molecules in fast exchange with surface -SiOH groups. In SBA-15, a single line is observed that shifts continuously as the pore filling is increased. This result is attributed to a different pore-filling mechanism for the two silica materials. In MCM-41, due to its small pore diameter (3.3 nm), pore filling by pore condensation (axial-pore-filling mode) occurs at a low relative pressure, corresponding roughly to a single adsorbed monolayer. For SBA-15, owing to its larger pore diameter (8 nm), a gradual increase in the thickness of the adsorbed layer (radial-pore-filling mode) prevails until pore condensation takes place at a higher level of pore filling.     

萘普生在介孔分子筛MCM-41中的负载及其溶出性能

用含氨基的偶联剂修饰介孔分子筛MCM-41的表面,将修饰前和修饰后的介孔分子筛分别负载难溶性药物萘普生（NAP）,利用X射线衍射、傅里叶变换红外光谱、差示扫描量热分析、扫描电子显微镜、透射电子显微镜和N2吸附 脱附分析等技术分别对其进行了结构表征和性能测试。 结果表明,药物分子存在于分子筛的孔道中。 负载在MCM-41中的萘普生溶出速率远优于原料药,60 min时大约溶出70%。 氨基修饰后的药物释放速率比修饰前有所减慢,表明可通过氨基修饰调节释放速率。     

Bi-MCM-41催化对氯甲苯选择氧化

合成了一系列Bi掺杂的MCM-41介孔分子筛,运用电感耦合等离子体原子光谱,X射线衍射,N2吸附脱附,透射电镜和紫外可见光谱对其进行了表征,并将其用于以H2O2为氧化剂,乙腈为溶剂的对氯甲苯选择氧化反应中.结果表明,Bi-MCM-41即便在底物量较大时也表现出较高的催化活性.浓缩反应液的检测结果表明,Bi在反应过程中无明显流失,同时该催化剂具有良好的循环使用性能.     

Temperature dependence of the structure of Langmuir films of normal-alkanes on liquid mercury

The temperature dependent phase behavior of Langmuir films of n-alkanes [CH3(CH2)(n-2)CH3, denote Cn] on mercury was studied for chain lengths 19< or =n< or =22 and temperatures 15< or =T< or =44 degrees C, using surface tensiometry and surface x-ray diffraction methods. In contrast with Langmuir films on water, where molecules invariably orient roughly surface normal, alkanes on mercury are always oriented surface parallel and show no long-range in-plane order at any surface pressure. A gas and several condensed phases of single, double, and triple layers of lying-down molecules are found, depending on n and T. At high coverages, the alkanes studied here show transitions from a triple to a double to a single layer with increasing temperature. The transition temperature from a double to a single layer is found to be approximately 5 degrees C, lower than the bulk rotator-to-liquid melting temperature, while the transition from a triple to a double layer is about as much below the double-to-single layer transition. Both monolayer and bulk transition temperatures show a linear increase with n with identical slopes of approximately 4.5 degrees C/CH2 within the range of n values addressed here. It is suggested that the film and bulk transitions are both driven by a common cause: the proliferation of gauche defects in the chain with increasing temperature.     

Ni-Fe-B/MCM-41非晶态合金的合成与表征

用化学还原沉积法制备了Ni-Fe-B／MCM-41负载型非品态合金催化材料。通过XRD,FT-IR,TPR,SEM,TG及BET研究了非晶态合金对介孔分子筛载体结构的影响及非晶态合金负载后性质和形态的变化。结果表明：非晶态合金没有破坏介孔分子筛的结构,Ni-Fe-B／MCM-41的热稳定性和氧化能力与Ni-Fe-B相比,均有一定提高。     

生物质与废轮胎共热解催化热解油蒸发过程及其动力学研究

采用热重微商(TG-DTG)法考察生物质稻壳与废轮胎共热解经催化与非催化热解油的热失重行为，并同0#柴油的热失重行为进行了比较；同时采用Achar微分法和Coats-Redfern积分法对热解油热失重蒸发过程的蒸发热进行了计算，并结合Satava和Bagchi法确定了热失重蒸发过程的机理函数， 建立了0#柴油和在催化与非催化条件下得到的热解油蒸发过程的动力学方程，得出了在催化与非催化条件下热解油热失重过程的机理函数，其动力学方程为dα/dt=Ae-△vapH/RT(1-TBX〗α)2；而0#柴油的热失重蒸发过程动力学方程为dα/dt=1.5Ae-△vapH/RT(1-α)2/3\[1-(1-α)1/3\]-1。蒸发热的顺序由大到小依次为,柴油＞非催化热解油＞SBA-15热解油＞MCM-41热解油。结果表明，通过建立的模型函数得到的蒸发热与实验值非常接近。催化剂SBA-15和MCM-41的存在对降低高沸点馏分的物质具有一定作用，而SBA-15催化作用强于MCM-41。     

Comparative study of regioselective synthesis of beta-aminoalcohols under solventless conditions catalyzed by sulfated zirconia and SZ/MCM-41

Sulfated zirconia and SZ/MCM-41 were used as catalysts for the synthesis of beta-aminoalcohols via epoxide aminolysis. Sulfated zirconia was prepared by sol-gel and SZ/MCM-41 was obtained by impregnation. Solid catalysts were characterized by XRD, SEM-EDS, UV-Vis, FT-IR pyridine desorption and Nitrogen physisorption. Both acid materials were useful as catalysts, even when they were recycled several times. The beta-aminoalcohols were characterized by FT-IR, (1)H- and (13)C-NMR and GC-MS.     

Enhanced CO2 solubility in hybrid MCM-41: molecular simulations and experiments

Grand canonical Monte Carlo simulations are performed in a hybrid adsorbent model in order to interpret the CO(2) solubility behavior. The hybrid adsorbent is prepared by confining a physical solvent (OMCTS) into the pores of a mimetic MCM-41 solid support. As a result, simulated adsorption isotherms of CO(2) nicely match the experimental data for three distinctive systems: bulk solvent, raw MCM-41, and hybrid MCM-41. The microscopic mechanisms underlying the apparition of enhanced solubility are then clearly identified. In fact, the presence of solvent molecules favors the layering of CO(2) molecules within the pores; therefore, the CO(2) solubility in the hybrid adsorbent markedly increases in comparison to that found in the raw adsorbent as well as in the bulk solvent. In addition, a good understanding of confined solvents' properties and solid surface structures is essential to fully evaluate the efficiency of hybrid adsorbents in capturing CO(2). The sorbent-solid interactions along with the solvent molecular size's impact on CO(2) solubility are therefore investigated in this study. We found that an ideal hybrid system should possess a weak solvent-solid interaction but a strong solvent-CO(2) interaction. Besides, an optimal solvent size is obtained for the enhanced CO(2) solubility in the hybrid system. According to the simulation results, the solvent layer builds pseudomicropores inside the mesoporous MCM-41, enabling more CO(2) molecules to be absorbed under the greater influence of spatial confinement and surface interaction. In addition, the molecular sieving effect is clearly observed in the case of larger solvent molecular sizes.     

Evaluation of the acid properties of porous zirconium-doped and undoped silica materials

A series of porous silica and Zr-doped silica molecular sieves, belonging to the MCM-41 and MSU families, were prepared and characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and N₂ adsorption at 77 K. Their acid properties have been evaluated by NH₃-TPD, adsorption of pyridine and deuterated acetonitrile coupled to FT-IR spectroscopy and the catalytic tests of isopropanol decomposition and isomerization of 1-butene. The acidity of purely siliceous solids were, in all cases, very low, while the incorporation of Zr(IV) into the siliceous framework produced an enhancement of the acidity. The adsorption of basic probe molecules and the catalytic behaviour revealed that Zr-doped MSU-type silica was more acidic than the analogous Zr-MCM-41 solid, with a similar Zr content. This high acidity observed in the case of Zr-doped silica samples is due to the presence of surface zirconium atoms with a low coordination, mainly creating Lewis acid sites.     

微波固相法制备ZnCl2/MCM-41催化剂及其催化性能

采用微波固相法、普通加热法和溶剂分散法等不同方法制备了ZnCl2/MCM-41催化剂,以XRD、FT-IR和TG-DSC等表征手段,比较了不同方法制备的催化剂中ZnCl2在分子筛表面的存在状态.XRD测定结果表明,微波固相法和溶剂分散法制备的样品可使ZnCl2完全分散于MCM-41分子筛表面,而加热法制备的样品中仍存在ZnCl2的晶相衍射峰.FT-IR、DSC和原子吸收光谱的测定结果表明,微波辐射可使ZnCl2与分子筛表面羟基发生固态相互作用形成O－Zn－Cl活性位,具有更加温和的Lewis酸性.考察了不同方法制备和不同ZnCl2负载量的催化剂在月桂烯与丙烯醛Diels-Alder反应中的催化性能,与普通加热法制备的催化剂相比,微波固相法与溶剂分散法制备的催化剂具有更好的催化活性和选择性,但微波固相法制备催化剂更为简单.     

Dynamics of a triphenylene discotic molecule,HAT6, in the columnar and isotropic liquid phases

Discotic molecules have planar, disklike polyaromatic cores that can self-assemble into "molecular wires". Highly anisotropic charge transfer along the wires arises when there is sufficient intermolecular overlap of the pi-orbitals of the molecular cores. Discotic materials can be applied in molecular electronics, field-effect transistors, and-recently with record quantum efficiencies-photovoltaics (Schmidt-Mende, L.; Fechtenk?tter, A.; Müllen, K.; Moons, E.; Frien, R. H.; MacKenzie, J. D. Science 2001, 293, 1119). A combination of quasielastic neutron scattering (QENS) measurements with molecular dynamics simulations on the discotic molecule hexakis(n-hexyloxy)triphenylene (HAT6) shows that the dynamics of the cores and tails of discotic molecules are strongly correlated. Core and tail dynamics are not separated, the system being characterized by overall in-plane motion, on a time scale of 0.2 ps, and softer out-of-plane motions at 7 ps. Because charge transfer between the molecules is on similar time scales, these motions are relevant for the conducting properties of the materials. Both types of motion are dominated by van der Waals interactions. Small-amplitude in-plane motions in which the disks move over each other are almost entirely determined by tail/tail interactions, these also playing an important role in the out-of-plane motion. The QENS measurements reveal that these motions are little changed by passing from the columnar phase to the isotropic liquid phase, just above the clearing temperature. The model of four HAT6 molecules in a column reproduces the measured QENS spectrum of the liquid phase, suggesting that correlations persist within the liquid phase over about this number of disks.