Na Li,Jin-Gui Wang,Jian-Xiong Xu,Jin-Yu Liu,Hui-Jing Zhou,Ping-Chuan Sun,Tie-Hong Chen
Hydrothermally stable mesoporous aluminosilicates Al-SBA-1 with hierarchical pore structure have been successfully synthesized under alkaline condition at 120 °C by employing organic mesomorphous complexes of polyelectrolyte (poly(acrylic acid) (PAA)) and cationic surfactant (hexadecyl pyridinium chloride (CPC)) as template. The Si/Al ratio could be as high as 5 and the incorporation of Al into the silica framework did not disturb the well-ordered cubic Pmn mesostructure. Meanwhile, the incorporation of Al could greatly increase the specific surface area and pore volume of the samples. The Al-SBA-1 materials exhibited a high hydrothermal stability and remained stable even after being treated in boiling water for 10 days. The catalytic activity of the Al-SBA-1 materials was investigated by employing the Friedel–Crafts alkylation of toluene with benzyl alcohol as a model reaction and they exhibited excellent catalytic property due to the incorporated acid sites and the hierarchically mesoporous structure.
A simple synthesis of mesoporous silica nanoparticles with cubic Pmn pore structure (SBA-1) and controlled pore size is reported. The synthesis of mesoporous silica nanoparticles is achieved by employing organic mesomorphous complexes of polyelectrolyte (poly(acrylic acid)) and cationic surfactant (hexadecyl pyridinium chloride) as template, and tetrapropoxysilane as silica source. It is found that the pore size of the synthesized mesoporous silica nanoparticles can be tuned by the incorporation of 1,3,5-trimethylbenzene. By adjusting the amount of 1,3,5-trimethylbenzene in the synthesis, a series of silica nanoparticles with controlled pore size ranging from 2.5 nm to 5.3 nm is obtained. The adsorption properties of the mesoporous silica nanoparticles with different pore size against lysozyme are compared. The results show that mesoporous silica nanoparticles with proper pore size and well ordered pore structure benefit the adsorption and exhibit a low leaching rate.
Na Li,Rui Chen,Jing Miao,Peng Zhou,Hai-Bin Yu,Tie-Hong Chen
Hierarchically mesoporous titanosilicate Ti-SBA-1 was synthesized with organic mesomorphous complexes of polyelectrolyte (poly(acrylic acid) (PAA)) and cationic surfactant (hexadecyl pyridinium chloride (CPC)) as template, tetraethylsiloxane as silica source and titanium ethoxide as titanium source. By adjusting the amount of titanium ethoxide in the synthesis, a series of Ti-SBA-1 particles with different Si/Ti ratio (79–180) were prepared. After incorporation of Ti into the silica framework the well-ordered cubic P m 3 ¯ n mesostructure remained, as well as the morphology, particle size. UV–vis DR spectra of the Ti-SBA-1 materials indicated that incorporated titanium species existed in a highly dispersed state and exhibited tetrahedral and octahedral coordination in the silica framework.