Surface modification of synthetic clay aimed at biomolecule adsorption: synthesis and characterization



Document title: Surface modification of synthetic clay aimed at biomolecule adsorption: synthesis and characterization
Journal: Materials research
Database: PERIÓDICA
System number: 000312958
ISSN: 1516-1439
Authors: 1
2
Institutions: 1Centro Federal de Educacao Tecnologica, Departamento de Engenharia, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais. Brasil
2Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Departamento de Engenharia Metalurgica e de Materiais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais. Brasil
Year:
Season: Ene-Mar
Volumen: 10
Number: 1
Pages: 37-41
Country: Brasil
Language: Inglés
Document type: Nota breve o noticia
Approach: Experimental
English abstract This work describes the process for functionalization of laponite through the grafting of 3-mercaptopropyltrimethoxysilane (MPTS). Laponite is synthetic smectite clay with surface area of 350 m²/g. The samples, prior to and after functionalization, were characterized by chemical analyses, thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), x ray diffraction (XRD), diffuse reflectance infrared Fourier transform spectroscopy (DRIFT), scanning electron microscopy and energy dispersive spectrometry (MEV/EDS). Infrared spectroscopy and elemental analyses confirmed the presence of organic chains and thiol groups in the modified clay. The immobilized and available thiol group, measured according to the Volhard method, totaled 1.4 meq/g of clay, with approximately 90% accessible for Ag+ trapping. These results represent an improvement as compared to other works concerning the functionalization of smectite-type clays in which the effect produced by functional group blockage limits the access of species to less than 10% of the complexing sites
Disciplines: Ingeniería,
Química,
Física y astronomía
Keyword: Ingeniería química,
Química industrial,
Física atómica y molecular,
Arcillas,
Catalizadores,
Síntesis química
Keyword: Engineering,
Chemistry,
Physics and astronomy,
Chemical engineering,
Industrial chemistry,
Atomic and molecular physics,
Clays,
Catalysts,
Chemical synthesis
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