Highly-ordered layered organo-mineral materials prepared via reactions of n-alkylphosphonic acids with apatite.
This work describes a novel class of layered organo-mineral materials manufactured via a single-step solution-phase reaction of n-alkylphosphonic acids (CnH(2n+1)P(O)(OH)2) with calcium hydroxyapatite mineral (CaHAP). TEM, SAXS, WAXS, FTIR, and Vapor Phase Adsorption data suggest that these alkyl-CaHAP materials present a surface-modified CaHAP matrix coated with ordered layers of calcium alkylphosphonates that are strongly adhered to the surface. Interlayer spacing increases from 1.47 (C3-CaHAP) to 4.77 nm (C18-CaHAP). According to FTIR, ordering of alkyl chains improves with the alkyl chain length. The organic loads in these alkyl-CaHAP can be controlled over a wide range (up to approximately 60%) by varying alkyl chain and the concentration of alkylphosphonic acids in the solution.
Gelfer
Mikhail Y
MY
Chemistry Department, State University of New York, Stony Brook, NY 11794, USA.
Burger
Christian
C
Hsiao
Benjamin S
BS
D'Andrea
Susan C
SC
Fadeev
Alexander Y
AY