Thermal conductivity of a kind of mesoporous silica SBA-15

Mesoporous silica SBA-15 consists of uniform hexagonal, unconnected cylindrical channels with diameters that can be tuned within a range of 1.5 nm-30 nm, and is thought to have a special thermal conductivity. The theoretical investigation of the shell thermal conductivity of the mesoporous silica is performed in the relaxation time approximation in this paper and an available one-dimensional heat transfer model is used to predict the effective thermal conductivity （ETC） of the mesoporous silica. The experimental result of the ETC is also presented for comparison. The shell thermal conductivity of the mesoporous silica decreases with mesochannel radius increasing or wall thickness decreasing, but does not strictly decrease with porosity increasing. The thermal radiation possibly plays a primary role in heat transfer at the large porosity scale. The predicted ETC of SBA-15 with only conduction considered is quite low at the large porosity, even lower than the thermal conductivity of the silica aerogels. To realize it, doping carbon or other matters which can strongly absorb infrared light into SBA-15 is a possible way.

亚微米中孔SBA-15棒状固定相在毛细管电色谱分离中的应用(英文)

采用中孔SBA-15棒状硅胶颗粒填充毛细管柱用于毛细管电色谱(CEC)分离。这一亚微米材料直径为400nm并具有沿相同方向伸展的高度有序、均一的圆柱形中孔。棒状的特殊形态使得填充柱的通透性良好,简化了尺寸微小的CEC柱的填充过程。修饰后的棒状SBA-15填充毛细管柱成功应用于反相和离子交换电色谱分离非极性和极性样品,获得了较高柱效(140 000理论塔板/m)。流速3.2 cm/min时获得最低理论塔板高度为7.1 mm。范迪米特曲线说明了SBA-15孔结构的传质阻力特征。分别以芳香酸、人参、天麻提取物为样品,对亚微米固定相毛细管电色谱柱加以评价。该固定相显示出了较高的分离能力,为纳米材料在色谱固定相中的应用提供了一个新的思路。

棒状SBA-15的制备与调控

SBA-15(Santa Barbara Amorphous-15)具有较大的二维六方有序介孔、高比表面积和良好的水热稳定性,因而在吸附、催化、纳米反应器等领域表现出重要的研究和应用价值.为了更好地满足实际应用的需求,SBA-15的形貌控制就成为了一个重要的研究课题.因为影响形貌的因素很复杂,所以也是难点.本文选取较常见的棒状SBA-15为研究对象,重点关注棒状SBA-15在长度、宽度,以及纳米粒子可控制备方面的关键条件和过程,并通过实验再现了典型棒状SBA-15的制备;最后从棒状SBA-15控制原理出发,对棒状SBA-15制备所涉及的重要过程和条件也进行了简析和展望,希望能为关注和从事棒状SBA-15的制备和应用方面的研究者提供参考和助力.

Adhesion of Silica Particles on Thin Polymer Films Model of Flax Cell Wall

The present work is focused on better understanding of the interfacial interactions of SBA-15 mesoporous silica particles with flax fibers. In order to overcome the inherent complexity of flax fiber surface composition we have prepared model polysaccharide surfaces representing the main component of the flax fibers, e.g. cellulose, polygalacturonic acid (PGUA), and xyloglucan (XG) with thicknesses of about 200 nm, 100 nm, and 110 nm, respectively. The ξ-potential measurements of both silica and polysaccharides were performed in aqueous solutions as a function of pH and ionic strength. ξ-potential, AFM and SEM results supported the important role of electrostatic interactions in the silica adsorption on polysaccharide surfaces, since silica adsorption increased remarkably with ionic strength. The adsorption density of the SBA-15 onto the various polysaccharides was Cellulose > PGUA > XG, and the maximum was observed at pH = 4. Urea used as hydrogen bonds breaker reduced significantly the adsorption of SBA-15 on the polysaccharide surfaces, which highlighted the significant contribution of hydrogen bonding in the adsorption process. It was observed that most adsorbed SBA-15 particles were resistant to ultrasonic washing, which revealed their strong irreversible adsorption. Finally, direct adsorption experiments on both raw and treated real flax fibers yielded results consistent with those of model surfaces showing the important role of the surface fibers treatments on the improvement of the interfacial adhesion of the silica particles with flax fibers. The remarkable affinity of the SBA-15 particles with treated flax fibers is encouraging to design superinsulators composites with tuneable mechanical performances.

Preparation,Characterization and Catalytic Activity of Palladium Nanoparticles Embedded in the Mesoporous Silica Matrices

Novel in-situ reduction approach was applied for the synthesis of palladium nanoparticles in the pores of mesoporous silica materials with grafted siliconhydride groups. Matrices possessing different structural properties (MCM-41, SBA-15 and Silochrom) were used. Samples were studied by nitrogen adsorption-desorption method, low-angle X-ray diffraction, transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and FT-IR/PAS spectroscopy. The temperature-programmed oxidation (TPO) and reduction (TPR) methods were applied to examine reducibility of palladium species. Palladium containing catalysts were tested in methane oxidation reaction. It was demonstrated that relatively large pores in SBA-15 type silica facilitated formation of well-dispersed palladium nanoparticles confined in the pores channels. In the case of MCM-41 support, metallic palladium nanoparticles were formed on the external surface. The obtained materials showed high catalytic activity. Lower activity of the samples containing small crystallites located in the pore volume at high temperatures was related to worse accessibility of active sites to the reation mixture.

Mesoporous Silica Microspheres Composited with SBA-15s for Resonance Frequency Reduction in a Miniature Loudspeaker

Microspheres composited with mesoporous SBA-15 particles and silica were investigated as fillers in miniature loudspeakers to study the factors influencing the resonance frequency offsets(RFOs).Mesoporous silica microspheres(MSMs)were prepared by self-assembling SBA-15 mesoporous silica in a microemulsion synthesis system.The formation process involved the fabrication of a stable O/W microemulsion of tetrabutyl orthosili-cate(TBOS)and hexadecyltrimethylammonium bromide(C16TAB)and encapsulation of SBA-15s.The RFO increased and then decreased with increasing particle size(in the length range of 0.7—5.5 μm and in the width range of 0.2—0.45 μm),increased with increasing pore size(in the range of 7.0—9.4 nm)of SBA-15s,and increased with decreasing particle size(105—900 μm)of MSMs.

High Quality Bio-Oil Obtained from Catalyzed Pyrolysis of Olive Mill Solid Wastes in a Bi-Functional Reactor

Olive Mill Solid Wastes (OMSW) released in nature without any treatment is a major environmental problem in the Mediterranean region. In this work, the catalyzed pyrolysis of OMSW has been investigated. A catalyst based on SBA-15 mesoporous silica doped with chromium ferrite nanoparticles was prepared by the double solvent technique (DS). The prepared catalyst was characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), Wide and Small Angle X-ray Scattering (WAXS, SAXS), Energy Dispersive X-ray (EDX) and FT-IR spectroscopies. Reverse spinel chromium ferrite nanoparticles were located inside the SBA-15 pores as confirmed by SEM images. The obtained catalyst was tested for pyrolysis reactions of OMSW. Several parameters were studied to optimize the conditions of the pyrolysis reaction in order to increase the bio-oil conversion yield. The GC-MS results demonstrated that the quality of the obtained bio-oil was improved by decreasing the quantity of phenolic and oxygenated components as well as the size of the obtained molecules. The produced bio-oil from pyrolysis of OMSW is identical to that obtained from the pyrolysis of commercial cellulose under the same conditions. A 37% conversion yield of bio-oil was obtained for the best conditions.

Effect of mesopores on solidification of sirolimus self-microemulsifying drug delivery system

To investigate the influence of mesopores towards the solidification of self-microemulsifying drug delivery system(SMEDDS), mesoporous silica nanospheres(MSNs) and Santa Barbara Amorphous-15(SBA-15) were compared. The MSNs had hydrodynamic size of 195.35 ± 5.82 nm, and pore diameter of 2.70 nm. The SBA-15 had hydrodynamic size of 2312.19 ± 106.93 nm, and pore diameter of 10.91 nm. The MSNs and SBA-15 showed similar loading efficiency of SMEDDS containing sirolimus(SRL). However,MSNs had higher drug dissolution and in vivo absorption, with relative bioavailability of 174.62%. Thus,the length of mesopores played a more important role in solidification of SMEDDS as compared with the pore diameter. This study suggests that the SMEDDS-MSNs can be a potential candidate for oral administration of hydrophobic drugs.