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MICROPOROUS AND MESOPOROUS MATERIALS
Volume 50, Issue 2-3, Pages 173-179Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/S1387-1811(01)00445-0
Keywords
uranyl ions; mesoporous silica; ion-exchange; MCM-41; MCM-48
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A method based on direct template-ion-exchange was employed for the entrapment of UO22+ ions in MCM-41 and 2 MCM-48 molecular sieves via swapping of cetyltrimethylammonium cations present in the mesoporous channels by the UO22+ ions in an aqueous solution. The samples were characterized by XRD, FT-IR, and ICP-AES techniques. The entrapment of UO22+ ions is facilitated by the large pore size vis-a-vis the high surfactant content in the as-synthesized host materials. A higher loading of UO22+ ions was achieved in MCM-48 as compared to MCM-41, which could be attributed to its three-dimensional pore system and higher surfactant-to-silica ratio. FT-IR results provide an evidence of a strong binding of UO22+ groups with the defect silica sites of mesoporous molecular sieves. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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