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Journal of International Academic Research for Multidisciplinary
ISSN 2320 -5083
A Scholarly, Peer Reviewed, Monthly, Open Access, Online Research Journal
Impact Factor – 1.393
VOLUME 1 ISSUE 10 NOVEMBER 2013
A GLOBAL SOCIETY FOR MULTIDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH
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Editorial Board
Dr. Kari Jabbour, Ph.D Curriculum Developer, American College of Technology, Missouri, USA.
Er.Chandramohan, M.S System Specialist - OGP ABB Australia Pvt. Ltd., Australia.
Dr. S.K. Singh Chief Scientist Advanced Materials Technology Department Institute of Minerals & Materials Technology Bhubaneswar, India
Dr. Jake M. Laguador Director, Research and Statistics Center, Lyceum of the Philippines University, Philippines.
Prof. Dr. Sharath Babu, LLM Ph.D Dean. Faculty of Law, Karnatak University Dharwad, Karnataka, India
Dr.S.M Kadri, MBBS, MPH/ICHD, FFP Fellow, Public Health Foundation of India Epidemiologist Division of Epidemiology and Public Health, Kashmir, India
Dr.Bhumika Talwar, BDS Research Officer State Institute of Health & Family Welfare Jaipur, India
Dr. Tej Pratap Mall Ph.D Head, Postgraduate Department of Botany, Kisan P.G. College, Bahraich, India.
Dr. Arup Kanti Konar, Ph.D Associate Professor of Economics Achhruram, Memorial College, SKB University, Jhalda,Purulia, West Bengal. India
Dr. S.Raja Ph.D Research Associate, Madras Research Center of CMFR , Indian Council of Agricultural Research, Chennai, India
Dr. Vijay Pithadia, Ph.D, Director - Sri Aurobindo Institute of Management Rajkot, India.
Er. R. Bhuvanewari Devi M. Tech, MCIHT Highway Engineer, Infrastructure, Ramboll, Abu Dhabi, UAE Sanda Maican, Ph.D. Senior Researcher, Department of Ecology, Taxonomy and Nature Conservation Institute of Biology of the Romanian Academy, Bucharest, Romania Dr. Reynalda B. Garcia Professor, Graduate School & College of Education, Arts and Sciences Lyceum of the Philippines University Philippines Dr.Damarla Bala Venkata Ramana Senior Scientist Central Research Institute for Dryland Agriculture (CRIDA) Hyderabad, A.P, India PROF. Dr.S.V.Kshirsagar, M.B.B.S,M.S Head - Department of Anatomy, Bidar Institute of Medical Sciences, Karnataka, India. Dr Asifa Nazir, M.B.B.S, MD, Assistant Professor, Dept of Microbiology Government Medical College, Srinagar, India. Dr.AmitaPuri, Ph.D Officiating Principal Army Inst. Of Education New Delhi, India Dr. Shobana Nelasco Ph.D Associate Professor, Fellow of Indian Council of Social Science Research (On Deputation}, Department of Economics, Bharathidasan University, Trichirappalli. India M. Suresh Kumar, PHD Assistant Manager, Godrej Security Solution, India. Dr.T.Chandrasekarayya,Ph.D Assistant Professor, Dept Of Population Studies & Social Work, S.V.University, Tirupati, India.
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THE PRODUCTION OF SILICA NANOPARTICLES BY INCORPORATING SIMPLE CARBONYL LIGANDS IN A ONE-POT SYNTHESIS
KASIM MOHAMMED HELLO*
FAROOK ADAM**
* Dept. of Chemistry, Collage of Science, Al-Muthanna University, Iraq **School of Chemical Sciences, University Sains Malaysia, 11800 Penang, Malaysia
ABSTRACT
The silica from rice husk ash was reacted in one pot synthesis with several organic
acids and esters, i.e. chloroacetic acid, chloroethylacetate, acetic acid, 1–chlorohexane, and
ethylpalmtate at room temperature and pressure to produce spherical shaped nanoparticles.
The spectroscopic evidence obtained in this study showed that the silanol groups on the silica
reacted with the carbonyl functional group and not with the C–Halogen bond. The BET
results show that the modification leads to form microporous materials with very high
specific surface area. The procedure used in this study was simple, environmental friendly
and lead to the formation of silica with chloride or alkyl end groups.
KEYWORDS: Surface Modification, One Pot Synthesis, Rice Husk Ash, Silica, Sol-Gel
1. INTRODUCTION
Silica nanoparticles are useful fillers for rubber, plastics, adhesives, paint polishing
material, pigment, catalyst, reinforcement material, and other processes as it has special
physical and chemical properties [1, 2]. Several types of silica nanoparticles are now available
commercially in the market for different applications [3]. In order to create new materials or,
improve current synthetic methods, the best way is by replacing the hydrogen atom of the
surface silanol groups with silylating agents containing hydrophobic functional groups [4],
which will impart hydrophobic character to the silica surface. Tetraethylorthosilicate or
organo–silane monomer (halo or amino or marcaptoalkyltrialkoxysailine) were often used as
a modifier for silica [5]. However, surface modification of silica for the preparation of
organically modified silica needed long reaction times, non–environmental friendly organic
solvents, harsh refluxing condition and multiple steps [6][7][8]. Moreover, the vast majority of
these protocols call for expensive chemicals and techniques and cause environmental
pollution. A more direct and simple method was introduced by us to immobilize organo–
silane monomer onto silica to give functionality on the silica surface [9] [10].
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Rice husk (RH) is a cellulose–based fiber, which contains a high composition of
silica. Since it is available free it is economically viable to use it as a raw material [11] for
silica extraction. The controlled burning of RH in air leads to the formation of rice husk ash
(RHA) which contains ca. 95% silica [12]. Since the silica surface contains an abundance of
silanol (Si–OH) groups, the terminal hydrogen can be exchanged with organic ligands to give
greater functionality to the silica surface. To the best of our knowledge, the direct
modification of silica without using silylating agents has not been published.
In the present report we describe the synthesis and characterization of silica extracted
from rice husk ash with different bi–functional groups, i.e. carboxylic acid derivatives to
produce organo–silica nanoparticles. A new approach has been followed involving less
processing time, low production cost and ease of production without using
tetraethylorthosilicate or organo–silane monomers. As the products have free organic end
groups, it can be used in various academic and industrial applications including selective
binding, preparation of catalysts and hetero-biological materials, in an easier and more
flexible way than those involving the use of tetraethylorthosilicate or organo–silane
monomers.
2. Experimental
2.1 Raw materials
The chemicals used in this work include sodium hydroxide (Systerm, 99%), nitric
acid (Systerm, 65%), acetic acid (Systerm, 99.5%), chloroacetic acid (Sigma – Aldrich,
99%), chloroethylacetate (Sigma–Aldrich, 99%), acetic acid (Sigma – Aldrich, 99%),
ethylpalmtate (Sigma–Aldrich, 99%) and 1–chlorohexane (Sigma – Aldrich, 99%). The RH
was collected from a rice mill in Penang, Malaysia. All other chemicals used were AR grade
or of high purity and were used directly without further purification.
2.2. Extraction and modification of silica from RHA
2.2.1 Sources of silica
The RHA was chosen as the source of amorphous silica as it was available in
abundance. The silica was extracted from rice husk using a previously reported method
(Adam and Chua, 2004; Ahmed and Adam, 2007).
2.2.2 Preparation of silica organic complexes.
RHA silica was functionalized with chloroacetic acid, chloroethylacetate, acetic acid,
ethylpalmitate and 1–chlorohexane using sol–gel technique. The syntheses of these silica-
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organic complexes were carried out as follows: about 1.5 g of RHA was added to 100 mL of
1.0 M NaOH in a plastic container and stirred for 1 h at room temperature to convert the
silica into sodium silicate. Chloroacetic acid (1.5 g, 0.015 mol) was added to this sodium
silicate solution. The solution was titrated slowly with 3.0 M nitric acid with constant stirring.
The change in pH was monitored by using a pH meter. A gel started to form when the pH
decreased to less than 10. The titration was continued until the pH of the solution reached 3.0.
The gel obtained was aged for 2 days in a covered plastic container using a water bath at 60 °C. After 2 days of aging, the gel was separated by centrifuge at 4000 rpm for 10 min. The
separation process was repeated 6 times with fresh amount of distilled water. The final
washing was done with acetone. The sample was dried at 110 °C for 24 h. Finally, it was
ground to produce a fine powder. This sample was labelled as RHACA. About 1.25 g of
RHACA was collected. Similar procedure was repeated using (1.64 mL, 0.015 mol) of
chloroethylacetate, (0.84 mL, 0.015 mol) of acetic acid, (4.93 mL, 0.015 mol) of
ethylpalmitate, and (2.08 g, 0.015 mol) of 1–chlorohexane. The resulting solid catalysts were
labelled as RHACEA, RHAA, RHAEP and RHACH respectively. About 1.4 g of RHACEA,
1.2 g of RHAA, 1.3 g of RHACH, and 1.22 g of RHAEP were collected.
2.3 Sample characterization
The RHACA, RHAA, RHAEP, RHACEA and RHACH ware characterized by Powder
X-ray diffraction (Siemens diffractometer, D5000, Kristalloflex). The nitrogen adsorption
porosimetry was carried out on an automatic physisorption porosimeter (Autosorb–1 CLP,
Quantachrom, USA). The FT–IR spectra were recorded on a PerkinElmer spectrometer
(System 2000). The scanning electron microscopy (SEM) (Leica Cambridge S360) and
energy dispersive spectrometry (EDX) (Edax Falcon System) was used to study the
morphology of the catalysts. The TEM micrographs were obtained using Philips CM12
equipment.
3. Results and Discussion
The schematic representation for the synthesis of RHACA, RHAA, RHAEP, RHACEA and
RHACH are shown in Scheme 1. The following chemical and physical analyses were used to
support the successful formation of RHACA, RHAA, RHAEP, RHACEA and RHACH.
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Scheme 1: The treatment of silica with different halide acid derivatives, acetic acid, ester and
alkyl halide. The reaction time is also shown.
3.1 Elemental analysis
Table 1 shows the chemical analysis, of RHACA, RHAA, RHAEP, RHACEA and
RHACH. The analysis was carried out by a combination of elemental and EDX methods. The
combined analysis shows that the carbon and chlorine (in RHACA and RHACEA) is present
in the samples, while both these elements were not present in RHA as was expected. The
elemental analysis showed that the RHACA and RHACEA have a similar value of carbon
and chlorine which may indicate that both samples have a similar formula. It is also observed
that the RHACH has a same elemental data with the RHA. This indicates that the reaction of
chlorohexane with sodium silicate did not take place. The presences of Si in all samples were
similar which was as expected. Apart from RHACH, the silicon content for all samples was
much less than that of RHA, which shows the successful incorporation of new elements
within the silica matrix.
Table 1: The chemical analysis of RHACA, RHACEA, RHAA, RHAEP and RHACH using a combination of elemental and EDX analysis (between bracts).
Sample
Elemental analysis (%) C H Cl Si
RHA 0.42 (6.76) 1.76 - (29.09)
RHACA 1.4 (6.6) 1.68 (0.1) (23.48)
RHACEA 1.53(7.2) 1.47 (0.13) (24.88)
RHAA 1.0 (9.5) 1.70 - (27.2)
RHAEP 4.3(14.6) 1.0 - (22.3)
RHACH 0.47(6.8) 1.62 - (29.12)
HNO3 / RT
pH = 3 / (35 min)RHA + NaOH Sodium silicateRT
SiO2(60 min)
SiO2
SiO2
ClCH2COOH
ClCH2COOEt
CH3COOH
ClCH2(CH)4CH3
OCOCH2Cl
OCOCH3
CH3(CH)12COOEt OCO(CH2)12CH3
No reaction
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3.2 Infrared spectroscopy analysis
Fig. 1 shows the FT–IR spectra of RHA, RHAEP and its differential spectrum. The
strong and broad band in the range of 3500 – 3400 cm-1 region corresponds to the hydrogen
bonded SiO–H vibrations. The RHAEP and the differential spectra show bands at 2924–2933
cm-1 corresponding to the aliphatic C–H stretching vibrations. The strong band at 1461 cm-1 is
due to the –CH2– bending group. The week band at 1750 cm-1 corresponding to the aliphatic
C=O stretching. In RHA the Si–O–Si vibration appear at 1082 cm-1. This band was observed
to shift to 1103 cm-1 in RHAEP spectrum. The RHA spectrum does not show these bands.
These results show that the ethyl palmitate was successfully immobilized onto RHA.
The FT–IR spectra of RHACA, RHAA, and RHACEA (see supplementary data, Sup.1)
did not show too much differences comparing with FT–IR of RHAEP. The main peaks of Si–
OH, C–H, C=O, –CH2– and Si–O–Si groups were observed with small shifting. These facts
were indicated that the chloroacetic acid, acetic acid and chloroethylacetate were successfully
immobilized onto RHA.
The FT–IR spectra of RHACH (not shown) did not show the peaks of C–H and –CH2–
functional groups. These indicate that the reaction could not happen due to the fact that alkyl
halide is a weak nucleophile as compared with the other molecules which have a carboxyl
group beside the chloride atoms and leads to increase in the nucleophilisity. It is also
established that the reaction with the silanol groups occurred between the carboxyl side and
not from the halogen side.
Fig. 1: shows the FT–IR spectra of RHA, RHAEP and its differential spectrum.
4000.0 3000 2000 1500 1000 400.0cm-1
%T
RHA
RHAC16OEt
Differeential
3459
2924
1637
1103
971
800
470
1461
3458
1646961
798
4631082
3458
29331647
13841215
1059950
787
4201402
1745 RHAEP
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3.3 Powder X–ray Diffraction (XRD) and Nitrogen adsorption analysis
The XRD spectra (see supplementary data, Sup.2) did not show sharp diffraction
patterns. A broad diffraction band at 2θ angle of ca. 22° was observed which was typical for
amorphous silica.
Fig. 2(a, b) shows the nitrogen adsorption isotherm obtained for RHACA and
RHACEA. Inset are shown the pore size distribution graph. Both RHACA and RHACEA
gave similar hysteresis loops which were observed in the range 0.4 < P/Pο <1.0. This range is
associated with capillary condensation within the mesopores. The isotherm shown is of type
IV and exhibiting H2 hystereis loop [13].
The BET analysis (Table 2) showed the specific surface area of RHACA and
RHACEA were 655 and 654 m2g-1 respectively, while the specific surface area of RHA was
reported to be 347 m2g-1. Thus, the higher specific surface area of RHACA and RHACEA
can be assumed to be due to the presence of the chloracetic acid and chloroethylacetate acting
as a template directing agent during the preparation stage. Similar result was observed by
Adam et al. [14] when organic ligands are incorporated within the silica matrix. The RHACA
and RHACEA (Fig. 2 (a, b)) showed a broad pore size range from 4 to 8 nm with average
pore volume was 4.5–4.2 cm3 g-1 which is in the mesoporous range (Table 2). The results of
BET clearly indicated that the reaction of chloracetic acid and chloroethylacetate with sodium
silicate leads to form a product with similar surface area.
Fig. 2 (c, d) shows the nitrogen adsorption isotherm obtained for RHAA and RHAEP
respectively. Inset is shown the pore size distribution graph. The isotherm shown is of type
IV and exhibited an H2 hystereis loop. The BET analysis (Table 2) showed the specific
surface area of RHAA and RHAEP were 539 and 399 m2g-1 respectively. The RHAA and
RHAEP (Fig. 2 (c, d)) showed a broad pore size range from 4 to 8 nm with average pore
volume was 7.2–3.9 cm3 g-1 which is in the mesoporous range (Table 2). The RHAEP show
lowest specific surface area compare with other samples. This could be due to the
immobilization of a large molecule into the silica matrix which leads to a decrease in the
specific surface area
The nitrogen adsorption data of RHACH (not shown) was very much similar to that of
RHA. Both RHA and RHACH had the same specific surface area which further enhanced the
fact that no reaction took place between 1–chlorohexane and sodium silicate.
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Fig. 2: The N2 adsorption/desorption isotherms with the corresponding pore size distribution inset. (a) RHACA, (b) RHACEA, (c) RHAA and (d) RHAEP. Table 2: The results of BET analysis for RHA, RHACA, RHACEA, RHAA, RHAEP and RHACH. Sample Specific Surface area
(m2 g-1)
Average pore volume
(cc g-1)
Average pore
diameter (nm)
RHA [10] 347 0.872 10.4 RHACA 654.5 0.69 4.2
RHACEA 655 0.737 4.5
RHAA 539 0.524 3. 9
RHAEP 399.3 0.709 7.2
RHACH 345 0.885 10.3
P/Po
Vol
ume
(cc/
g at
ST
P)
1.00.80.60.40.20.0
500
400
300
200
100
Pore Diameter (nm)
dV(lo
g d)
[cc/
g]
161412108642
2.5
2.0
1.5
1.0
0.5
0.0
(b)
P/Po
Vol
ume
(cc/
g at
ST
P)
1.00.80.60.40.20.0
500
400
300
200
100 (a)
Pore diamete r (nm)
dv (l
ogd)
[cc
/g]
18161412108642
2.0
1.5
1.0
0.5
0.0
P/Po
Vol
ume
(cc/
g at
STP
)
1.00.80.60.40.20.0
350
300
250
200
150
100
50Pore diameter (nm)
dv (l
ogd)
[cc/
g]
161412108642
2.5
2.0
1.5
1.0
0.5
0.0
P/Po
Vol
ume
(cc/
g at
STP
)
1.00.80.60.40.20.0
500
400
300
200
100
0
Pore diamete r (nm)
dv (l
ogd)
[cc/
g]
18161412108642
1.8
1.6
1.4
1.2
1.0
0.8
0.6
0.4
0.2
0.0
(c) (d)
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3.4 The electron microscopy
The morphology of the samples was studied by SEM and TEM images. The SEM of
RHAA and RHACA are shown in Fig. 3(a, b) respectively. The SEM of RHAA in Fig. 3(a)
show very rough surface with white particles. Similar observation was noted on the SEM of
RHACA in Fig. 3(b).
Fig. 3: The SEM micrographs of the (a) RHAA and (b) RHACA. Fig. 4 shows the TEM micrograph of RHAA and RHAEA. Very regular and spherical
shaped particles of RHAA and RHAEA were observed. It can be seen that the RHAA and
RHAEA consists of spherical particles with an estimated particle size of ca. 5 nm. The
measured sizes are in the nano range which could be used for important applications, for
example in nano medicine where active research are currently being pursued by researchers,
especially if these particles have hollow structure.
Fig. 4: The TEM micrographs of the (a, b) RHAA and (c, d) RHACA. Spherical shaped particles of RHAA and RHAEA were observed
(a) (b)
(a) (b)
(c) (d)
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4. Conclusion
The silica obtained from rice husk ash has been modified in a one pot synthesis with
different carboxyl derivatives at room temperature and pressure to produce spherical shaped
nanoparticles. The spectroscopic evidence obtained in this study showed the silanol groups
on the silica were successfully reacted with chloroacetic acid, chloroethylacetate, acetic acid,
and ethylpalmtate. However, 1–chlorohexane did not react with sodium silicate. The BET
results show that all the samples have very high specific surface area. This study shows a
very simple procedure to obtain nanoparticles. These nanoparticles could be used in many
important applications.
Sup. 1: shows the FT–IR spectra of RHA, RHACEA and its differential spectrum.
Sup.
2: The X–ray diffraction pattern shows amorphous nature of RHACEA.
4000.0 3000 2000 1500 1000 400.0cm-1
%T
RHA
RHACOEtCL
Differential
3467
1642
1090
969799
465
3458
1646961
798
4631085
3476
1641
1467
1100
976 799
470
2966
1185
Lin
(Cou
nts)
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
110
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130
140
150
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170
2-Theta - Scale10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90
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