ISSN:
1013-9826
Source:
Scientific.Net: Materials Science & Technology / Trans Tech Publications Archiv 1984-2008
Topics:
Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics
Notes:
Nanostructured silica and silica-iron composite particles were prepared using water-in-oil (w/o) reverse microemulsion. Double microemulsion technique is used for the synthesis of both types of nanostructured particles. X-ray Diffractometry (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), nitrogen gas adsorption-desorption isotherm technique, and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) were used to characterize the synthesized particles. The gas adsorptiondesorption measurements revealed a mesoporous structure for the silica (SiO2) particles with a surface area of 300.49 m2/g. Upon the addition of an iron microemulsion to the silica microemulsion, silica-iron nanocomposite (Fe2O3-SiO2) was achieved which gave a surface area of 69.87 m2/g. This indicated a positive impregnation of the silica mesopores that was further confirmed by energy dispersive spectrometry (EDS). The XRD of bare SiO2 gave a single broad peak whereas SiO2-Fe2O3 demonstrated additional peaks confirming α-iron insertion in mesoporous silica. DSC curve with its characteristic peaks also indicated the presence of iron nanoparticleswithin silica. The product silica-iron nanocomposite has potential catalytic and semiconducting applications
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://www.tib-hannover.de/fulltexts/2011/0528/01/50/transtech_doi~10.4028%252Fwww.scientific.net%252FKEM.306-308.1127.pdf
