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In situ synthesis of gold nanoparticles on mesoporous silica surface-functionalized with pyridinium ligands

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This paper describes the synthesis of gold nanoparticles on the surface of two types of silica matrices, the disordered mesoporous silica (DMS) and SBA-15, which are chemically functionalized with pyridinium ligand. The adsorption of AuCl4− occurred through the ion exchange method. The gold nanoparticles were synthesized through the reduction of the adsorbed Au ions on the surface of silica matrices. The silica surface was functionalized with 3-n-propylpyridinium chloride trimethoxysilane, and it was confirmed through 29Si and 13C solid-state CP/MAS NMR. Then, gold nanoparticles were in situ synthesized in the hybrid material surface. The DMS-PyClAuX materials exhibited spherical nanoparticles with a maximum average size of 9.6 nm when the highest gold concentration (2.08 wt%) was used. The SBA-PyClAuX materials showed nanoparticles with a maximum average size of 5.5 nm. By comparing the standard deviations observed in the materials of both matrices, we observed that the SBA-15 matrix presented better control of the nanoparticle diameter.

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The authors would also like to thank the LME/LNNano/CNPEM for technical support during electron microscopy work.

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This work was supported by the Brazilian Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq), process number 142870/2010-2.

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  1. Universidade Federal do Tocantins, Campus de Gurupi, Curso de Química Ambiental, P. O. Box 66, Gurupi, TO, 77410-530, Brazil

    Lucas S. S. Santos

  2. Universidade Federal do Piauí (UFPI), Campus Senador Helvídio Nunes de Barros (CSHNB), Picos, PI, 64600-000, Brazil

    Sergio B. A. Barros

  3. Interdisciplinary Research Centre in Biomedical Materials (IRCBM), COMSATS University Islamabad, Lahore Campus, Defence Road, Off Raiwind Road, Lahore, Pakistan

    Abdur Rahim

  4. Institute of Chemistry, State University of Campinas, P. O. Box 6154, Campinas, SP, 13084-971, Brazil

    Yoshitaka Gushikem

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Santos, L.S.S., Barros, S.B.A., Rahim, A. et al. In situ synthesis of gold nanoparticles on mesoporous silica surface-functionalized with pyridinium ligands. J Nanopart Res 22, 49 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11051-020-4772-2

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