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Study of sorption properties of zirconia, alumina, and silica in relation to repellents

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In this work, the morphology of zirconia, alumina, and silicas was studied, and static sorption of the repellents N, N-diethyl-3-methylbenzamide and ethyl-3-[acetyl(butyl)amino]propionate on these oxides was carried out. ZrO2, Al2O3, and SiO2 phenyl were shown to have high sorption activity to the repellents N, N-diethyl-3-methylbenzamide (239 mg/g for SiO2 phenyl) and ethyl-3-[acetyl(butyl)amino]propionate (251 mg/g for ZrO2). Pointedly, it was found that despite having the largest pore volume and high specific surface area (compared to the other studied oxides), SiO2 C2 has a significantly inferior sorption capacity in respect to other oxides, in particular SiO2 phenyl, which can be explained by the presence of the phenyl group in the latter that has chemical affinity for repellent molecules. Obtained isotherms of SiO2 300 also confirm the low sorption activity towards N, N-diethyl-3-methylbenzamide. The sorption equilibrium for both repellents, in most cases, is described by the Langmuir monomolecular adsorption model. The obtained results suggest that the studied zirconia, alumina, and silica can be used as carrier components of repellents.

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The authors are grateful to the staff of the Nanyang Technological University (Singapore) and the staff of the Center for Instrumental Chemical Analysis and Complex Investigation of Substances and Materials of RTU MIREA (Russia) for their assistance in conducting physicochemical studies.

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The work was carried out at the expense of the industry research program of Rospotrebnadzor for 2024–2025 (No. 1023032900395-5-1.6.23) and supported by Singapore MAR grant 04INS000458C150OOE01.

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  1. Disinfectology Institute of F.F. Erisman FSCH of Rospotrebnadzor, 18 Nauchnyi drive, Moscow, Russia, 117246

    Sergei A. Zverev & Sergei V. Andreev

  2. MIREA – Russian Technological University (M.V. Lomonosov Institute of Fine Chemical Technologies), 86 Vernadsky Avenue, Moscow, 119571, Russia

    Yana V. Vinogradova, Anna A. Selivanova, Anatoliy A. Ischenko & Sergei V. Andreev

  3. Frumkin Institute of Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry, Russian Academy of Science, Leninsky avenue. 31- 4, Moscow, 119071, Russia

    Roman D. Solovov

  4. School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University (NTU), 50 Nanyang Avenue, Singapore, 639798, Republic of Singapore

    Konstantin A. Sakharov

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Sergei A. Zverev: investigation, original draft. Yana V. Vinogradova: investigation. Anna A. Selivanova: investigation. Roman D. Solovov: methodology, resources. Konstantin A. Sakharov: visualization, review and editing. Anatoliy A. Ischenko: supervision. Sergei V. Andreev: original draft, project administration

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Zverev, S.A., Vinogradova, Y.V., Selivanova, A.A. et al. Study of sorption properties of zirconia, alumina, and silica in relation to repellents. Colloid Polym Sci (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00396-024-05260-z

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