title: Kinetics of (3-aminopropyl)triethoxylsilane (APTES) silanization of superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles.
abstract: Silanization of magnetic ironoxide nanoparticles with (3-aminopropyl)triethoxylsilane (APTES) is reported. The kinetics of silanization toward saturation was investigated using different solvents including water, water/ethanol (1/1), and toluene/methanol (1/1) at different reaction temperature with different APTES loading. The nanoparticles were characterized by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, vibrating sample magnetometry, transmission electron microscopy, and thermal gravimetric analysis (TGA). Grafting density data based on TGA were used for the kinetic modeling. It is shown that initial silanization takes place very fast but the progress toward saturation is very slow, and the mechanism may involve adsorption, chemical sorption, and chemical diffusion processes. The highest equilibrium grafting density of 301 mg/g was yielded when using toluene/methanol mixture as the solvent at a reaction temperature of 70 °C.
authors.affiliation: Shanghai Advanced Research Institute , Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China 201210.
authors.forename: Yue
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Yueming
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Xue-Mei
authors.initials: XM
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Tao
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: He
mesh_terms: D000431:Ethanol / Q000737:chemistry; D005290:Ferric Compounds / Q000737:chemistry; D000432:Methanol / Q000737:chemistry; D046529:Microscopy, Electron, Transmission; D053758:Nanoparticles / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D011437:Propylamines; D012821:Silanes / Q000737:chemistry*; D014050:Toluene / Q000737:chemistry; D014867:Water / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D005290:Ferric Compounds; D011437:Propylamines; D012821:Silanes; D014867:Water; C000499:ferric oxide; D014050:Toluene; D000431:Ethanol; C477625:amino-propyl-triethoxysilane; D000432:Methanol