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  • Self-assembled mono- and multilayers of TMA-A zeolite nanocrystals on glass with triethoxysilane as covalent linkers
  • Young Mi Kima, Jeong Ho Changb and Ik Jin Kima,*
  • a Institute for Processing and Application of Inorganic Materials, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Hanseo University, Haemi- Myun, Seosan City, Chungnam 356-820, Korea b Korea Institute of Ceramic Engineering and Technology(KICET), 233-5, Gasan-Dong, Guencheon-Gu, Seoul 153-801, Korea
Abstract
Well-organization of nano-sized zeolite crystals into uniformly oriented monolayers or multilayers on various substrates can be used as host materials for semiconductor clusters from 1 to 10 nm in diameter to generate specific electronic and optical properties. High-quality nano TMA-A zeolite crystals were synthesized using a hydrothermal method with a Al(i-pro)3 : 2.2 TEOS : 2.4 TMAOH : 0.3 NaOH : 200H2O composition. The average size of the zeolite crystal used was 130-150 nm with a lattice constant of 2.461 nm. The self-assembly mono- and multilayers of zeolite oriented with faces parallel to the glass substrates showed only the planes in the forms {h 0 0} with triethoxysilane as covalent linkages. Environmental scanning electron microscopy (ESEM), high resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM), and X-ray powder diffraction (XRD) were used to characterize the initial materials and the products obtained.

Keywords: Zeolite, monolayer, surface treatment, nanocrystal, (3-Choropropyl) Trimethoxysilane.

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  • 2009; 10(4): 453-456

    Published on Aug 31, 2009