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Preparation of Amorphous Aluminum Oxide-Hydroxide Nanoparticles in Amphiphilic Silicone-Based Copolymer Microemulsions

✍ Scribed by Yana Berkovich; Abraham Aserin; Ellen Wachtel; Nissim Garti


Book ID
102583244
Publisher
Elsevier Science
Year
2002
Tongue
English
Weight
226 KB
Volume
245
Category
Article
ISSN
0021-9797

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✦ Synopsis


Organo-inorgano nanocomposites with colloidal dimensions have interesting optical, catalytic, and mechanical properties, particularly when such hybrids are reinforced with transition metal oxide nanoparticles. Nanoparticles with a mean size of 1.0-2.4 nm are obtained through hydrolysis of aluminum isopropoxide in the L(2) phase of amphiphilic (PDMS-POE) polydimethylsiloxane-polyoxyethylene Silwet L-7607-octanol/acetylacetone-water mixtures. The particle sizes are related weakly to the microemulsion composition: 0.8-1.2 nm for 20 wt% Silwet L-7607 and 2.0-2.4 nm for 50 wt% Silwet L-7607. Protection of the particles against aggregation is ensured through their confinement in the intraaggregate colloidal domains. Factors affecting the hydrolysis-condensation process of acetylacetone-complexed aluminum isopropoxide in copolymer-poor and copolymer-rich regions of PDMS-POE W/O microemulsions are studied by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, small angle X-ray scattering, and transmission electron microscopy. Prepared nanoparticulate dispersions possess long-term stability and form clear mixtures in different organic polar and nonpolar solvents.


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