- Vapor-liquid critical properties of some tetraalkoxysilanes
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The critical pressures and the critical temperatures of ten tetraalkoxysilanes (tetraalkyl esters of silicic acid) Si[O(CH2) nH]4 with n = 1 to 10 have been measured. All the substances studied begin to decompose at temper
- Nikitin, Eugene D.,Popov, Alexander P.,Simakina, Viktoria A.
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- Molecular manipulation of two- and three-dimensional silica nanostructures by alkoxysilylation of a layered silicate octosilicate and subsequent hydrolysis of alkoxy groups
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A novel methodology for constructing molecularly ordered silica nanostructures with two-dimensional (2-D) and three-dimensional (3-D) networks has been developed by using a stepwise process involving silylation of a layered silicate octosilicate with alkoxytrichlorosilanes [ROSiCl3, R = alkyl] and subsequent reaction within the interlayer spaces. Alkoxytrichlorosilanes react almost completely with octosilicate, bridging two closest Si-OH (or -O-) sites on the silicate layers, to form new five-membered rings. The unreacted functional groups, Si-Cl and Si-OR, are readily hydrolyzed by the posttreatment with a water/dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) or water/acetone mixture, leading to the formation of two types of silicate structures. The treatment with a water/DMSO mixture produced a unique crystalline 2-D silicate framework with geminal silanol groups, whereas a water/acetone mixture induced hydrolysis and subsequent condensation between adjacent layers to form a new 3-D silicate framework. The 2-D structure is retained by the presence of DMSO molecules within the swelled interlayer spaces and is transformed to a 3-D silicate upon desorption of DMSO. The structural modeling suggests that both of the 3-D silicates contain new cagelike frameworks where solvent molecules are trapped even at high temperature (up to 380°C, in the case of acetone). Both 2-D and 3-D silica structures are quite different from known layered silicates and zeolite-like materials, indicating the potential of the present approach for precise design of various silicate structures at the molecular level.
- Mochizuki, Dai,Shimojima, Atsushi,Imagawa, Takeshi,Kuroda, Kazuyuki
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(2007/10/03)
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