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Silica matrices for embedding of magnetic nanoparticles

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This paper presents a study regarding the formation of hybrid gels starting from tetraethyl orthosilicate (TEOS), polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) and 1,3-propanediol (PD) and their thermal evolution to mesoporous silica matrices. The possibility of obtaining homogenously dispersed cobalt ferrite inside the silica matrix starting from (TEOS–PVA–PD–Metal Nitrates) gels was also studied. The formation of the hybrid gels TEOS/PVA/PD with different compositions was studied by FT-IR spectrometry and thermal analysis, in order to evidence the interaction between the diol with the organic and the inorganic polymers. Both thermal analysis and FT-IR spectrometry have evidenced the formation of physical and chemical interaction between polyols and the siloxane network. Elemental mapping performed by SEM-EDX technique evidenced the formation of homogenous hybrids both in the presence of the absence of 1,3-propanediol. SEM images of the powders obtained by annealing the hybrid xerogels at 600 °C have evidenced the formation of mesoporous silica. By thermal treatment of the (TEOS–PVA–PD–Metal Nitrates) gels, 30%CoFe2O4/70%SiO2 (mass percent) nanocomposites uniformly dispersed in silica matrix with characteristic magnetic properties, have been successfully synthesized.

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This work was partially supported by the strategic grant POSDRU/21/1.5/G/13798 inside POSDRU Romania 2007–2013, co-financed by the European Social Fund—Investing in People and by the strategic grant POSDRU/88/1.5/S/50783, Project ID50783 (2009), co-financed by the European Social Fund—Investing in People, within the Sectoral Operational Programme Human Resources Development 2007–2013.

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  1. Faculty of Industrial Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, University “Politehnica”, P-ta Victoriei no.2, 30006, Timisoara, Romania

    Marcela Stoia, Oana Ştefănescu, Mirela Barbu & Mircea Ştefănescu

  2. Research Centre “Thermal Analysis in the Environmental Field”, West University of Timisoara, Str. Pestalozzi, no. 16, 300115, Timisoara, Romania

    Gabriela Vlase

  3. Faculty of Biology and Geology, Electron Microscopy Center, Babes-Bolyai University, 5-7 Clinicilor Street, 400006, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

    Lucian Barbu-Tudoran

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Stoia, M., Ştefănescu, O., Vlase, G. et al. Silica matrices for embedding of magnetic nanoparticles. J Sol-Gel Sci Technol 62, 31–40 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10971-012-2679-9

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