Journal
APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE
Volume 257, Issue 7, Pages 2861-2869Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2010.10.081
Keywords
Magnetic nanoparticles; Magnetic separation; Population of functional groups; ATR-IR spectroscopy; Iron oxide; Silica; Flame-synthesis; Aminopropyl; Benzaldehyde
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The efficiency of propylamino functionalization of magnetic silica-coated FeOx nanoparticles prepared by different methods, including coprecipitation and flame aerosol synthesis, has been evaluated by attenuated total reflection infrared spectroscopy (ATR-IR) combined with a specific surface reaction, thus revealing the availability of the grafted functional groups. Large differences in the population of reactive groups were observed for the investigated materials, underlining the tight relation between the structure of nanoparticles and their suitability for organic functionalization. The materials possessed different core structure, surface area, and porosity, as evidenced by transmission electron microscopy and nitrogen adsorption-desorption isotherms. Grafting of aminopropyl groups using a standard procedure based on reaction with (3-aminopropyl) trimethoxysilane as source of the propylamino groups was performed, followed by classical dry analysis methods to determine the specific concentration of the organic functional groups (in mmol g(-1) of material). ATR-IR spectroscopy in a specially constructed reactor cell was applied as wet methodology to determine the chemically available amount of such functional groups, showing that the materials possess largely different loading capacity, with a variability of up to 70% in the chemical availability of the organic functional group. The amount of (3-aminopropyl) trimethoxysilane used for functionalization was optimized, thus reaching a saturation limit characteristic of the material. (C) 2010 Elsevier B. V. All rights reserved.
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