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An Eco-Friendly, Tunable and Scalable Method for Producing Porous Functional Nanomaterials Designed Using Molecular Interactions.

ABSTRACT: Despite significant improvements in the synthesis of templated silica materials, post-synthesis purification remains highly expensive and renders the materials industrially unviable. In this study this issue is addressed for porous bioinspired silica by developing a rapid room-temperature solution method for complete extraction of organic additives. Using elemental analysis and N₂ and CO₂ adsorption, the ability to both purify and controllably tailor the composition, porosity and surface chemistry of bioinspired silica in a single step is demonstrated. For the first time the extraction is modelled using molecular dynamics, revealing that the removal mechanism is dominated by surface-charge interactions. This is extended to other additive chemistry, leading to a wider applicability of the method to other materials. Finally the environmental benefits of the new method are estimated and compared with previous purification techniques, demonstrating significant improvements in sustainability.

SUBMITTER: Manning JRH

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5434938 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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An Eco-Friendly, Tunable and Scalable Method for Producing Porous Functional Nanomaterials Designed Using Molecular Interactions.

Manning Joseph R H JRH Yip Thomas W S TWS Centi Alessia A Jorge Miguel M Patwardhan Siddharth V SV

ChemSusChem 20170329 8

Despite significant improvements in the synthesis of templated silica materials, post-synthesis purification remains highly expensive and renders the materials industrially unviable. In this study this issue is addressed for porous bioinspired silica by developing a rapid room-temperature solution method for complete extraction of organic additives. Using elemental analysis and N<sub>2</sub> and CO<sub>2</sub> adsorption, the ability to both purify and controllably tailor the composition, porosi ...[more]

PMID: 28235156

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