Year: 2011
Type: article
Abstract: Preparation of dispersed, amorphous, spherical silica nanoparticles using cationic surfactant as organic template, tetraethoxysilane (TEOS) as silica precursor and ammonia as catalyst has been carried out using sol gel process. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the simultaneous effects of cationic surfactant on the textural and structural properties of silica nanoparticles. We used a series of the cationic surfactants, dodecytrimethylammonium bromide (DTAB), tetradecyltrimethylammonium bromide (TTAB) and cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) to evaluate the effects of the chain length of cationic surfactant on the grain size of silica nanoparticles. The size of silica nanoparticles can be finely tuned in the range ~50–100 nm by changing the chain length of cationic surfactant. Decreasing the particle size of silica nano particles resulted in increase in chain length of cationic surfactant. Further, these silica nanoparticles are incorporated with cement paste to evaluate the beneficial effect on mechanical properties of cement. Synthesized silica nanoparticles were analyzed using scanning electron microscopy (SEM), 29 Si MAS NMR, powder X-ray diffraction techniques (XRD) and IR studies.
Source: Applied Nanoscience
Institution: Central Building Research Institute
Language: English
Subfield: Materials Chemistry
Field: Materials Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
Estimated APC paid: $3,490
OpenAlex ID: W2000724201