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JOURNAL OF SOL-GEL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Volume 49, Issue 1, Pages 71-77Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10971-008-1829-6
Keywords
Imidazolium ionic liquid; Silica xerogel; Morphology; Sol-gel; Anion
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- CNPq
- PIBIC/UFRGS fellowship
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This article describes the preparation of silica xerogels by the sol-gel technique, using tetraethoxysilane as precursor and hydrofluoric acid as catalyst, in the presence of imidazolium ionic liquids (ILs). The applied ILs 1-3 contained the 1-monoethylene glycol monomethyl ether-3-methylimidazolium cation in combination with the methanesulfonate (1), tetrafluoroborate (2) and hexafluorophosphate (3) anions, respectively. Characterization of these materials was performed by photography, scanning electron microscopy, atomic force microscopy, X-ray diffraction, thermogravimetric analysis and nitrogen adsorption-desorption isotherms. The IL anion was identified as a powerful morphology controller. The methanesulfonate anion of IL 1 induced the formation of a compact lamellar monolith with an interlamellar distance of 1.5 nm and a flat surface. A free flowing powder of aggregated spherical particles was obtained in the presence of tetrafluoroborate IL 2, and the hexafluorophosphate anion of IL 3 induced the formation of porcelain like aggregates with honeycomb shapes.
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