ISSN:
1551-2916
Source:
Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
Topics:
Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics
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Physics
Notes:
Monodisperse, spherical organo-silica powders were synthesized from an immiscible mixture of an aqueous NH4OH solution and organo-alkoxysilanes, such as phenyl-trimethoxysilane (PTMS), methyltrimethoxysilane (MTMS), and methyltriethoxysilane (MTES). When the organo-alkoxysilanes were added to the aqueous NH4OH solution with stirring, organo-alkoxysilane/water macroemulsions were formed because of the immiscibility of the aqueous NH4OH solution and the organo-alkoxysilane. In the emulsion, organo-alkoxysilane droplets dissolved into the water phase through the droplet-water interface, and the organo-silica powder was formed by the hydrolysis and condensation of the organo-alkoxysilane. The powders were obtained reproducibly under broad concentrations of organo-alkoxysilanes; 0.3-1.5 mol/L for PTMS, 0.3-0.6 mol/L for MTMS, and MTES, with concentrations of ammonia between 0.0625 and 2.0 mol/L. According to the analysis of the solid-state MAS 29Si NMR and the 13C NMR analysis, the organo-silica powder did not contain any residual alkoxy groups, only carbon sources from nonhydrolyzable R groups: phenyl groups in PTMS, and methyl groups in MTMS and MTES.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1151-2916.1998.tb02466.x
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