A Convenient and Versatile Strategy for the Functionalization of Silica Foams Using High Internal Phase Emulsion Templates as Microreactors

ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
Heng YuHaitao Wang

Abstract

Functional porous materials show extensive applications in the environment, biology, aerospace, and so on. In this work, the generation of silica foams and functionalization of pore surface were simultaneously realized through an interfacial sol-gel reaction within high internal phase emulsion (HIPE) microreactors, where a hyperbranched polyethoxysiloxane (PEOS) was used as the sole stabilizer for the HIPEs. With various functional substances containing amino, epoxy, and carboxyl groups initially dissolved in the aqueous phase of HIPEs, these functional groups could be grafted onto the pore surface in the process of forming silica foams. Amino-functionalized silica foam showed fast adsorption of sunset yellow, and the adsorption capacity could reach as high as 1213.13 mg/g. Sodium polyacrylate-modified silica foam exhibited good adsorption capacity of cationic dyes and metal ions, e.g., 280.11 mg/g to methylene and 226.24 mg/g to Cu(II). Epoxy-functionalized silica foam particles were confirmed with a pronounced activity at the oil/water interface due to their Janus-like surface, which could be used as Pickering stabilizer. This HIPE-based synthesis strategy for silica foams shows promising future in adsorption, emulsion stabil...Continue Reading

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