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  • PublicationOpen Access
    Steering the synthesis of Fe3O4 nanoparticles under sonication by using a fractional factorial design
    (Elsevier, 2021) Echeverría Morrás, Jesús; Moriones Jiménez, Paula; Garrido Segovia, Julián José; Ugarte Martínez, María Dolores; Cervera Gabalda, Laura María; Garayo Urabayen, Eneko; Gómez Polo, Cristina; Pérez de Landazábal Berganzo, José Ignacio; Ciencias; Zientziak; Estadística, Informática y Matemáticas; Estatistika, Informatika eta Matematika; Institute for Advanced Materials and Mathematics - INAMAT2; Universidad Pública de Navarra / Nafarroako Unibertsitate Publikoa; Gobierno de Navarra / Nafarroako Gobernua
    Superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (MNPs) have the potential to act as heat sources in magnetic hyperthermia. The key parameter for this application is the specific absorption rate (SAR), which must be as large as possible in order to optimize the hyperthermia treatment. We applied a Plackett-Burman fractional factorial design to investigate the effect of total iron concentration, ammonia concentration, reaction temperature, sonication time and percentage of ethanol in the aqueous media on the properties of iron oxide MNPs. Characterization techniques included total iron content, Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy, X-Ray Diffraction, High Resolution Transmission Electron Microscopy, and Dynamic Magnetization. The reaction pathway in the coprecipitation reaction depended on the initial Fe concentration. Samples synthesized from 0.220 mol L−1 Fe yielded magnetite and metastable precipitates of iron oxyhydroxides. An initial solution made up of 0.110 mol L−1 total Fe and either 0.90 or 1.20 mol L−1 NH3(aq) led to the formation of magnetite nanoparticles. Sonication of the reaction media promoted a phase transformation of metastable oxyhydroxides to crystalline magnetite, the development of crystallinity, and the increase of specific absorption rate under dynamic magnetization.
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    Fiber optic sensors based on hybrid phenyl-silica xerogel films to detect n-hexane: determination of the isosteric enthalpy of adsorption
    (Beilstein-Institut, 2017) Echeverría Morrás, Jesús; Calleja, Ignacio; Moriones Jiménez, Paula; Garrido Segovia, Julián José; Kimika Aplikatua; Institute for Advanced Materials and Mathematics - INAMAT2; Química Aplicada; Gobierno de Navarra / Nafarroako Gobernua, 269/01/08
    We investigated the response of three fiber optic sensing elements prepared at pH 10 from phenyltriethoxysilane (PhTEOS) and tetraethylsilane (TEOS) mixtures with 30, 40, and 50% PhTEOS in the silicon precursor mixture. The sensing elements are referred to as Ph30, Ph40 and Ph50, respectively. The films were synthesized by the sol–gel method and affixed to the end of optical fibers by the dip-coating technique. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, N2 adsorption–desorption at 77 K and X-ray diffraction analysis were used to characterize the xerogels. At a given pressure of n-hexane, the response of each sensing element decreased with temperature, indicating an exothermic process that confirmed the role of adsorption in the overall performance of the sensing elements. The isosteric adsorption enthalpies were obtained from the calibration curves at different temperatures. The magnitude of the isosteric enthalpy of n-hexane increased with the relative response and reached a plateau that stabilized at approximately −31 kJ mol−1 for Ph40 and Ph50 and at approximately −37 kJ mol−1 for Ph30. This indicates that the adsorbate–adsorbent interaction was dominant at lower relative pressure and condensation of the adsorbate on the mesopores was dominant at higher relative pressure.
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    Kinetics of the acid-catalyzed hydrolysis of tetraethoxysilane (TEOS) by 29Si NMR spectroscopy and mathematical modeling
    (Springer, 2018) Echeverría Morrás, Jesús; Moriones Jiménez, Paula; Arzamendi Manterola, María Cruz; Garrido Segovia, Julián José; Gil Idoate, María José; Cornejo Ibergallartu, Alfonso; Martínez Merino, Víctor; Química Aplicada; Kimika Aplikatua; Institute for Advanced Materials and Mathematics - INAMAT2
    Tetraethoxysilane (TEOS) is widely used to synthesize siliceous material by the sol–gel process. However, there is still some disagreement about the nature of the limiting step in the hydrolysis and condensation reactions. The goal of this research was to measure the variation in the concentration of intermediates formed in the acid-catalyzed hydrolysis by 29Si NMR spectroscopy, to model the reactions, and to obtain the rate constants and the activation energy for the hydrolysis and early condensation steps. We studied the kinetics of TEOS between pH 3.8 and 4.4, and four temperature values in the range of 277.2–313.2 K, with a TEOS:ethanol:water molar ratio of 1:30:20. Both hydrolysis and the condensation rate speeded up with the temperature and the concentration of oxonium ions. The kinetic constants for hydrolysis reactions increased in each step kh1 < kh2 < kh3 < kh4, but the condensation rate was lower for dimer formation than for the formation of the fully hydrolyzed Si(OH)4. The system was described according to 13 parameters: six of them for the kinetic constants estimated at 298.2 K, six to the activation energies, and one to the equilibrium constant for the fourth hydrolysis. The mathematical model shows a steady increase in the activation energy from 34.5 kJ mol−1 for the first hydrolysis to 39.2 kJ mol−1 in the last step. The activation energy for the condensation reaction from Si(OH)4 was ca. 10 kJ mol−1 higher than the largest activation energy in the hydrolytic reactions. The decrease in the net positive charge on the Si atom contributes to the protonation of the ethoxy group and makes it a better leaving group.
  • PublicationOpen Access
    Comprehensive kinetics of hydrolysis of organotriethoxysilanes by 29Si NMR
    (American Chemical Society, 2019) Moriones Jiménez, Paula; Arzamendi Manterola, María Cruz; Cornejo Ibergallartu, Alfonso; Garrido Segovia, Julián José; Echeverría Morrás, Jesús; Ciencias; Zientziak; Institute for Advanced Materials and Mathematics - INAMAT2
    The kinetics of several representative hybrid precursors were studied via 29Si NMR: three alkyl precursors, methyltriethoxysilane, ethyltriethoxysilane, and propyltriethoxysilane; as well as two unsaturated radicals, vinyltriethoxysilane and phenyltriethoxysilane. The reaction rate is related to the chemical shift of 29Si in the NMR spectra, which gives information about the electronic density of the Si atoms and the inductive effects of substituents. The concentration of the precursors decreased exponentially with time, and the intermediate products of hydrolysis and the beginning of the condensation reactions showed curves characteristic of sequential reactions, with a similar distribution of the species as a function of the fractional conversion. For all of the precursors, condensation started when the most hydrolyzed species reached a maximum concentration of 0.30 M, when the precursor had run out. A prediction following the developed mathematical model fits the experimental results in line with a common pathway described by eight parameters.
  • PublicationOpen Access
    Phenyl siloxane hybrid xerogels: structure and porous texture
    (Springer US, 2019) Moriones Jiménez, Paula; Echeverría Morrás, Jesús; Parra, Bernardo; Garrido Segovia, Julián José; Zientziak; Institute for Advanced Materials and Mathematics - INAMAT2; Ciencias; Gobierno de Navarra / Nafarroako Gobernua
    The aim of this research is to investigate the effect of phenyltriethoxysilane (PhTEOS) and tetraethoxysilane (TEOS) molar ratios as silicon precursors on the structure and porous texture of xerogels. We have prepared phenyl-silane hybrid xerogels from mixtures of PhTEOS and TEOS at pH 10 and 333 K, using ethanol as a solvent. Characterization techniques include 29Si NMR, FTIR, XRD, FE-SEM, HRTEM, TGA-DSC, helium density, and gas adsorption (N2 at 77 K and CO2 at 273 K). In order to assess the contribution of the quadrupolar moment of N2 and CO2 in the adsorption we obtained the adsorption– desorption isotherm of Ar at 87.3 K for the xerogel synthesized from 50% PhTEOS. The morphology of xerogels changed from aggregates of spherical particles for 20% PhTEOS to lamellae for samples obtained with PhTEOS percentages equal or larger that 60%. The incorporation of phenyl groups into the xerogel matrix caused an increase in the spacing bond between silicon atoms and led to an intramolecular reaction and the formation of lamellar domains. Increasing the PhTEOS molar ratio in the mixture of silicon precursors produced hybrid xerogels with lower specific surface area, pore volume and characteristic energy. The similarity between the isotherms of N2 at 77 K and Ar at 87.3 K indicates that the main retention mechanism is physisorption and that the variation in the surface chemistry with the incorporation of phenyl groups doesn’t inhibit the retention of N2.
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    Síntesis y caracterización de xerogeles silíceos híbridos (RTEOS/TEOS; R=P, Ph). Separación y purificación de gases mediante cromatografía
    (2016) Moriones Jiménez, Paula; Echeverría Morrás, Jesús; Garrido Segovia, Julián José; Química Aplicada; Kimika Aplikatua
    Esta investigación aborda la síntesis de materiales híbridos mediante proceso sol-gel utilizando diferentes condiciones de síntesis como el pH, temperatura y proporción precursor-disolvente obteniendo una amplia variedad de materiales con diferentes estructuras, morfologías y texturas. El objetivo general es determinar el efecto de la relación molar de RTEOS (R = PTEOS, PhTEOS), en las propiedades estructurales y texturales de los xerogeles híbridos sintetizados a pH 4,5 y pH 10 con y sin adición de fluoruro de amonio mediante proceso sol-gel. Los objetivos específicos son los siguientes: (a) determinar los tiempos de gelificación de los xerogeles; (b) evaluar los cambios morfológicos y estructurales debidos a la incorporación del grupo orgánico (propil o fenil), la estabilidad térmica y la textura de los xerogeles; y (c) aplicar los xerogeles sintetizados con 20, 40 y 70% PhTEOS a pH = 10 a cromatografía para la separación de mezclas binarias de gases.