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Preparation of Necklace-like TiO2 Nanoparticles Templated with L-Phenylalanine Derivative Based on Supramolecular Hydrogel

FU Xin-Jian, WANG Ning-Xia, ZHANG Sheng-Zu, WANG Hong, YANG Ya-Jiang   

  1. Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Techonoly, Wuhan 430074, China
  • Received:2007-04-03 Revised:2007-08-10 Published:2008-03-20 Online:2008-03-20

Abstract: The necklace-like TiO2 nanoparticles were prepared by a sol-gel polymerization and subsequent calcinations. The aggregates of hydrogelator, tetraethylammonium 3-{[(2S)-2-(octadecylamino)-3-phenylpropanoyl] amino} butyrate (abbreviated as TC18PheBu) in aqueous solution were used as the templates and tetrabutyl titanate (Ti(OBu)4) was used as the source of titanium in the preparation of necklace-like TiO2 nanoparticles. The images of FE-SEM indicated that the average diameters of TiO2 nanoparticles were in the range of 200--400nm. The formation mechanism of necklace-like TiO2 nanoparticles was discussed
by FT-IR analysis, which indicated that the necklace-like TiO2 nanoparticles were formed through the electrostatic interaction between positive charged TC18PheBu and negative charged oligomers formed by the hydrolysis of Ti(OBu)4. The XRD analysis indicated that the TiO2 nanoparticles were in the form of anatase crystals.

Key words: supramolecular hydrogel, template method, pearl-necklace-like TiO2 particles

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