The interaction of water with well characterised samples of SiO2 has been studied by the broadening of proton magnetic resonance. Water 5–100 molecular layers from the SiO2 surface is more ordered than in the bulk liquid state. The strength of this interaction may be more dependent upon the extent of surface hydroxylation than upon SiO2 surface area or porosity.
P. A. Sermon, J. Chem. Soc., Faraday Trans. 1, 1980, 76, 885 DOI: 10.1039/F19807600885
To request permission to reproduce material from this article, please go to the Copyright Clearance Center request page.
If you are an author contributing to an RSC publication, you do not need to request permission provided correct acknowledgement is given.
If you are the author of this article, you do not need to request permission to reproduce figures and diagrams provided correct acknowledgement is given. If you want to reproduce the whole article in a third-party publication (excluding your thesis/dissertation for which permission is not required) please go to the Copyright Clearance Center request page.
Read more about how to correctly acknowledge RSC content.
Please wait while we load your content...