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ColloidsandSurfacesA:Physicochem.Eng.Aspects
312 (2008) 99–103
Insituandone-stepsynthesisofhydrophobiczincboratenanoplatelets
YumeiTian,YiHe,LianxiangYu,YanhuiDeng,YunhuiZheng,FangSun,ZhihuiLiu,ZichenWang∗
CollegeofChemistry,JilinUniversity,Changchun130012,ChinaReceived22March2007;receivedinrevisedform31May2007;accepted14June2007Available online 19 June 2007
AbstractThepolycrystallineandhydrophobiczincborate(Zn2B6O11·3H2O)nanoplateletswereinsitusuccessfullysynthesizedviaone-stepprecipitationreactioninaqueoussolutionofNa2B4O7·10H2OandZnSO4·7H2Owitholeicacidasthemodifyingagent.Themicrostructuresandmorphologyoftheas-obtainedsampleswerestudiedbyX-raydiffraction(XRD),scanningelectronmicroscopy(SEM)equippedwithanenergy-dispersiveX-rayspectrometer(EDS),transmissionelectronmicroscopy(TEM)andthermogravimetricanalysis(TGA).MeasurementsoftherelativewatercontactangleandtheactiveratioindicatedthatZn2B6O11·3H2Osampleswerehydrophobic.Ithadbeenfoundthattheas-preparedmaterialsdisplayednanoplateletmorphologywithaveragediameters100–500nmandthickness30±5nmandthemorphologyandsizeofthesampleswerecontrolledeffectively.© 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.Keywords:Zincborate;Nanoplatelets;Hydrophobe;Activeratio;Synthesis
1.Introduction
Zincboratehasbeenthesubjectofsignificantresearchforapplicationsincludingthepolymeradditivewhichservesasthecharpromoter,theflameretardantsynergist,thepreservativeinwoodcomposites,thesmokeandafterglowsuppressantduetoitsabilitytoundergoendothermicdehydrationinfirecon-ditions[1–4],andopticalproperties[5–8],andtheadditiveforlubrication[9].Previousworkaboutthesynthesisofzincborateincludedbyreactionsofzincsaltsandboratesaltsinhotwater(≥60◦C)orthroughtheethanolsupercriticalfluiddryingtechnique[10],andreactionofzincoxideandboricacid[11].Importantattributesofzincborateincluderelativelylowwatersolubilityandarelativelyhighdehydrationonsettemperature[12].Thelatterpropertypermitsprocessinginawiderangeofpolymersystem.Butzincborateparticlesarehardlydispersedinapolymermatrixsothattheypreventtheirusinginindustry.Tothebestofourknowledge,studiesofthepreparationofzincboratewithnanos-tructuresandthehydrophobicpropertieshavebeenrelativelyfew.Hereinwereporttheinsituandone-stepsynthesisofactive
∗Correspondingauthor.Tel.:+8643185155358;fax:+8643188499134.E-mailaddress:wangzc@mail.jlu.edu.cn(Z.Wang).zincboratenanoplatelets,whichrequiresneithersophisticatedtechniquesnorcatalysts.Surfacemodificationofzincboratewithhydrophobicpropertieswouldleadtoagreatexpansionofitsapplications.
2.Experimentalpart
2.1.Materials
AllreagentspurchasedfromBeijingChemicalsCo.Ltd.wereofanalyticalpurityandemployedwithoutanyfurthertreat-ments.Distilledwaterwasappliedforallsynthesisandtreatmentprocesses.
2.2.Synthesisofsamples
Inatypicalprocedure,a500mLthree-neckround-bottomedflaskequippedwithathermometer,refluxcondenser,andmechanicalstirrerwaschargedwith100mLof0.1moldm−3Na2B4O7·10H2Oaqueoussolution,20.0mLofabsoluteethanolandacertainamountofoleicacid(OA)heatedat70◦Cand10.0mLof2moldm−3ZnSO4·7H2Oaqueoussolutionwasaddeddropwisetothefirstsolutionwhilebeingstirredforaperiodofabout0.5h.Afteradditionwascomplete,themixture0927-7757/$–seefrontmatter© 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.doi:10.1016/j.colsurfa.2007.06.029100Y.Tianetal./ColloidsandSurfacesA:Physicochem.Eng.Aspects 312 (2008) 99–103(pH<7.0)wascontinuouslyheatedforabout6.5h.Thefinalmixturewasthenfiltered,washedrepeatedlywithabsoluteethanolanddistilledwatertoremoveunreactedreactantsandby-products,anddriedintheovenat80◦Ctoobtainthefinalwhitezincboratepowders.
2.3.Characterizationofthesamples
Thestructureandcompositionofas-preparedcompositeswascharacterizedbyX-raypowerdiffraction(XRD)(SHIMADZUXRD-6000diffractometeremployingNi-filteredCuK␣radi-ation,atascanningrateof6◦/minwith2θrangingfrom20◦to45◦)andanenergy-dispersiveX-rayspectrometer(EDS)(JEOL-6700F,Hitachi)attachedtotheSEM,respectively.ThemorphologyandsizeofthesampleswereobservedusingaHitachiH-800transmissionelectronmicroscope(TEM),atanacceleratorvoltageof200kVandaHitachiscanningelec-tronmicroscope(SEM)withafield-emission-scanningelectronmicroscope(JEOL-6700F,20kV).ThesamplesusedforSEMandTEMcharacterizationweredispersedinabsoluteethanolandwereultrasonicatedbeforeobservation.Thermogravimetricanalysis(TGA)wascarriedoutusingaDTG-60Hanalyzer(SHIMAPZU).Testswereperformedwithabout10mgofsampleonaluminumcrucibleswiththeheatingratesof10◦C/minfrom50to500◦Cinairatmosphereandusingtabular␣-Al2O3asreferenceweightlosseswerecalculatedfromtheTGA.Theeffectofsurfacemodificationisevaluatedbytherela-tivewatercontactangleandfloatingtest.WatercontactangleofsamplewasmeasuredbyusingaFT˚A200(USA)contactangleanalyzer.Onflatsolidsurfaces,thewatercontactanglecanbecarriedoutthroughthesessiledroptechnique.Thepowdersam-plewasfirstpressedintoawaferunder10MPapressureandthenwasmeasuredbysessiledropmethod.Thismethodoffersatwo-foldadvantage,thatis,itrequiresaverysmallamountofliquidandascantsolidsurface.Thefloatingtestwasusedtomeasuretheratioofthefloatingproducttotheoverallweightofthesampleaftertheyweremixedinwaterandstirredvigorously[13].