Issue 17, 2024

Combining high energy ball milling and liquid crystal templating method to prepare magnetic ordered mesoporous silica. A physico-chemical investigation

Abstract

The physico-chemical investigation of superparamagnetic MCM41 like materials prepared by the novel combination of high energy ball milling and a liquid crystal templating method is presented. Structural, morphological, textural, thermal, and preliminary magnetic characterization demonstrated the successful combination of the two synthesis techniques, avoiding the problems associated with the current methods used for the preparation of magnetic ordered mesoporous silica. MCM41 like materials with high specific surface area values (625–720 m2 g−1) and high mesopore volumes in the range 1–0.7 cm3 g−1 were obtained. The ordered mesoporous structure and accessible pores were maintained after the inclusion of increasing amounts of the magnetic component in the silica structure. All the samples showed superparamagnetic behaviour.

Graphical abstract: Combining high energy ball milling and liquid crystal templating method to prepare magnetic ordered mesoporous silica. A physico-chemical investigation

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
31 aug 2023
Accepted
03 jan 2024
First published
11 jan 2024

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2024,26, 13020-13033

Combining high energy ball milling and liquid crystal templating method to prepare magnetic ordered mesoporous silica. A physico-chemical investigation

A. Scano, E. Magner, M. Pilloni, L. Atzori, M. Fantauzzi, S. Slimani, D. Peddis, G. G. Fuentes and G. Ennas, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2024, 26, 13020 DOI: 10.1039/D3CP04213H

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