Journal article
Synthesis of Fluoro-Functionalized Mesoporous Silica and Application to Fluorophilic Separations
Industrial & engineering chemistry research, Vol.47(3), pp.530-538
02/06/2008
DOI: 10.1021/ie070538e
Abstract
Fluorocarbon-functionalized mesoporous silica is synthesized by the co-condensation of tetraalkoxysilane and fluoro-functionalized alkoxysilane precursors using a cationic fluorocarbon surfactant, C6F13C2H2NC5H5Cl (HFOPC) and C8F17C2H2NC5H5Cl (HFDePC), or a traditional hydrocarbon surfactant (C16H33N(CH3)3Br, CTAB) as templates. Fluorocarbon functionalization decreases the silica pore order, pore size, and surface area. The chain length of the fluorocarbon functional precursor and the surfactant template affects the pore order, the materials textural properties, and the fluorocarbon incorporation. Matching a fluorocarbon surfactant with a fluorocarbon functional precursor does not improve functional group incorporation; the incorporation of the perfluoro-octyl functional group is greater in CTAB-templated silica than in HFOPC-templated silica. The application of these mesoporous silica powders to fluorous separations is demonstrated using hydrocarbon and fluorocarbon-tagged anthraquinones. Dye elution through a packed column of mesoporous silica occurs in a narrower band than that for fluorocarbon-functionalized silica gel, consistent with the high fluorocarbon content and smaller pore and particle sizes of the mesoporous material.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Synthesis of Fluoro-Functionalized Mesoporous Silica and Application to Fluorophilic Separations
- Creators
- Gifty Osei-PrempehHans-Joachim LehmlerStephen E RankinBarbara L Knutson
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Industrial & engineering chemistry research, Vol.47(3), pp.530-538
- DOI
- 10.1021/ie070538e
- ISSN
- 0888-5885
- eISSN
- 1520-5045
- Publisher
- American Chemical Society
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 02/06/2008
- Academic Unit
- Occupational and Environmental Health; Iowa Neuroscience Institute
- Record Identifier
- 9984001122602771
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