期刊
ACS APPLIED NANO MATERIALS
卷 5, 期 1, 页码 411-422出版社
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acsanm.1c03250
关键词
silica nanoparticles; tetraethyl orthosilicate; hydrolysis and condensation; sum-frequency generation; interface and surface; vibrational spectroscopy; interfacial water structure
资金
- Indian Institute of Technology Ropar under SEED
- Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), India [CRG/2018/004975]
The study systematically investigated the impact of TEOS on the interfacial water structure during hydrolysis and condensation processes, revealing the characteristics of these processes and confirming the formation of monodisperse silica nanoparticles through DLS measurements.
The silica (SiO2) nanoparticles of a well-known silica precursor tetraethyl orthosilicate (TEOS) are generally synthesized via a promising solution-gelation inorganic polymerization process. The monodisperse silica nanoparticles have potential applications ranging from the formation of dental nanocomposites to antireflective coatings. In the present study, we have systematically investigated the in situ interfacial molecular structure of TEOS and its impact on the interfacial water structure during the processes of hydrolysis and condensation at the air-aqueous interface using sum-frequency generation (SFG) vibrational spectroscopy. With the presence of water, a gradual decrease in the SFG intensity in the CH-stretch region for each concentration of TEOS with time reflects the elimination of ethoxy groups, which is a signature of the hydrolysis process. Further, the impact of the hydrolysis process is revealed from the significant enhancement in the SFG signal in the OH-stretch region. The hydrolysis of TEOS is then followed by condensation in which the Si-O- charged species are replaced by forming the Si-O-Si bridging network. The signature of the condensation process is reflected with the gradual decrease in the observed enhanced SFG signal in the OH-stretch region. The formation of monodispersed silica nanoparticles as an end product of size variation from 1.75 to 4.67 nm with the increase in TEOS concentration is confirmed with the DLS measurements. We have also probed the pH-dependent SFG studies at three different pH values (2.0, 5.8, and 9.0). The dominant pH-dependent hydrolysis process is revealed from the observed molecular structure of TEOS at the air-aqueous interface.
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