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Preparation and photocatalytic activity of fluoroalkyl end-capped vinyltrimethoxysilane oligomer/anatase titanium oxide nanocomposite-encapsulated low molecular weight aromatic compounds

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Fluoroalkyl end-capped vinyltrimethoxysilane oligomer/anatase titanium oxide nanocomposite-encapsulated low molecular weight aromatic compounds [RF-(VM-SiO2)n-RF/an-TiO2/Ar-H] were prepared by the sol–gel reactions of the corresponding oligomer in the presence of anatase titanium oxide nanoparticles (an-TiO2) and the aromatic compounds such as bisphenol A [BPA], 1,1′-bi(2-naphthol) [BINOL], and fullerene under alkaline conditions. Thermogravimetric analyses measurements show that RF-(VM-SiO2)n-RF/an-TiO2 nanocomposite-encapsulated BPA and BINOL, in which the theoretical contents in the composites are 25 ∼ 32 %, were found to give no weight loss corresponding to the contents of these aromatic compounds even after calcination at 800 °C. On the other hand, the corresponding nanocomposite-encapsulated fullerene exhibited weight loss behavior related to the presence of fullerene under similar conditions; however, UV–vis spectra showed the presence of the residual fullerene in the composites even after calcination. An-TiO2 in these fluorinated nanocomposites can keep its crystalline structure without phase transformation into rutile even after calcination at 1,000 °C, although the parent an-TiO2 nanoparticles underwent a complete phase transformation into rutile under similar conditions. Notably, RF-(VM-SiO2)n-RF/an-TiO2/Ar-H nanocomposites can give a good photocatalytic activity even after calcination at 1,000 °C for the decolorization of methylene blue under UV light irradiation. More interestingly, these fluorinated nanocomposites before and after calcination were found to exhibit a higher photocatalytic activity at the initial UV light irradiation from 1 to 3 min than that of the corresponding RF-(VM-SiO2)n-RF/an-TiO2 nanocomposites under similar conditions.

Encapsulated BPA and BINOL in the nanocomposites exhibit no weight loss even after calcination at 800 °C, and RF-(VM-SiO2)n-RF/an-TiO2/Ar-H nanocomposites before and after calcination at 1,000 °C can give a higher photocatalytic activity than that of RF-(VM-SiO2)n-RF/an-TiO2 nanocomposites. Notably, the photocatalytic activity of RF-(VM-SiO2)n-RF/an-TiO2/C60 nanocomposites after calcination increased by about 2.5-fold, compared with that of RF-(VM-SiO2)n-RF/an-TiO2 nanocomposites.

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This work was partially supported by a Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research 24550220 from the Ministry of Education, Science, Sports, and Culture, Japan.

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  1. Department of Frontier Materials Chemistry, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Hirosaki University, Hirosaki, 036-8561, Japan

    Sujuan Guo, Takahumi Ogasawara, Tomoya Saito & Hideo Sawada

  2. R&D Center, LIXIL Corporation, Tokoname, Aichi, 479-8588, Japan

    Hiroshi Kakehi, Yoshihiro Kato, Masashi Miura & Norifumi Isu

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Guo, S., Ogasawara, T., Saito, T. et al. Preparation and photocatalytic activity of fluoroalkyl end-capped vinyltrimethoxysilane oligomer/anatase titanium oxide nanocomposite-encapsulated low molecular weight aromatic compounds. Colloid Polym Sci 291, 2947–2957 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00396-013-3027-5

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