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Effects of various methylchlorosilanes on physicochemical properties of ambient pressure dried silica aerogels
- Source :
- Journal of Nanoparticle Research. 21
- Publication Year :
- 2019
- Publisher :
- Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2019.
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Abstract
- Methylchlorosilanes (MSCs) of the type (CH3)nSiCl4−n (n = 1, 2, 3) are usually used for surface modification of silica aerogels (SAs), in which the quantity of Si–Cl and Si–CH3 groups deeply affects the properties of prepared SAs. In this work, methyltrichlorosilane (MTCS, n = 1), dimethyldichlorosilane (DMDCS, n = 2), and trimethylchlorosilane (TMCS, n = 3) were used to modify wet gels and the effects of Si–Cl and Si–CH3 groups’ quantity on microstructures and surface properties were explored in detail. It turned out that the MTCS modified SA (MSA) possessed the most compact and nonuniform three-dimensional nanostructure among the three SAs, accompanied by the biggest density of ~ 0.14 g/cm3. Further investigations demonstrated that all the three SAs had similar BET surface area of about 900 m2/g and average pore size of 10–15 nm. Though FTIR analysis presented the discrepancies obviously among the three SAs, the thermal stability of the three SAs was similar, with the onset and peak temperatures in the exothermic reaction of methyl groups being ~ 240 °C and ~ 270 °C, respectively. The best hydrophobicity belonged to the TSA, verified by the biggest contact angles of 155°. Thus, all these indicated that the properties of the three SAs were deeply related to the quantity of Si–Cl and Si–CH3 groups in MCS.
- Subjects :
- Materials science
Dimethyldichlorosilane
Bioengineering
02 engineering and technology
General Chemistry
010402 general chemistry
021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology
Condensed Matter Physics
Microstructure
01 natural sciences
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
0104 chemical sciences
Methyltrichlorosilane
Contact angle
chemistry.chemical_compound
chemistry
Chemical engineering
Modeling and Simulation
Surface modification
General Materials Science
Thermal stability
Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy
0210 nano-technology
BET theory
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Details
- ISSN :
- 1572896X and 13880764
- Volume :
- 21
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Nanoparticle Research
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........393dfbcbe9bdd040a76868b327a80e3f