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In Situ Sol–Gel Synthesis of Unique Silica Structures Using Airborne Assembly: Implications for In-Air Reactive Manufacturing
[Image: see text] Optical trapping enables the real-time manipulation and observation of morphological evolution of individual particles during reaction chemistry. Here, optical trapping was used in combination with Raman spectroscopy to conduct airborne assembly and kinetic experiments. Micro-dropl...
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2022
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9425431/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36062063 http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsanm.2c02683 |
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author | Barker, Connor R. Lewns, Francesca K. Poologasundarampillai, Gowsihan Ward, Andrew D. |
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description | [Image: see text] Optical trapping enables the real-time manipulation and observation of morphological evolution of individual particles during reaction chemistry. Here, optical trapping was used in combination with Raman spectroscopy to conduct airborne assembly and kinetic experiments. Micro-droplets of alkoxysilane were levitated in air prior to undergoing either acid- or base-catalyzed sol–gel reaction chemistry to form silica particles. The evolution of the reaction was monitored in real-time; Raman and Mie spectroscopies confirmed the in situ formation of silica particles from alkoxysilane droplets as the product of successive hydrolysis and condensation reactions, with faster reaction kinetics in acid catalysis. Hydrolysis and condensation were accompanied by a reduction in droplet volume and silica formation. Two airborne particles undergoing solidification could be assembled into unique 3D structures such as dumb-bell shapes by manipulating a controlled collision. Our results provide a pipeline combining spectroscopy with optical microscopy and nanoscale FIB–SEM imaging to enable chemical and structural insights, with the opportunity to apply this methodology to probe structure formation during reactive inkjet printing. |
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spelling | pubmed-94254312022-08-31 In Situ Sol–Gel Synthesis of Unique Silica Structures Using Airborne Assembly: Implications for In-Air Reactive Manufacturing Barker, Connor R. Lewns, Francesca K. Poologasundarampillai, Gowsihan Ward, Andrew D. ACS Appl Nano Mater [Image: see text] Optical trapping enables the real-time manipulation and observation of morphological evolution of individual particles during reaction chemistry. Here, optical trapping was used in combination with Raman spectroscopy to conduct airborne assembly and kinetic experiments. Micro-droplets of alkoxysilane were levitated in air prior to undergoing either acid- or base-catalyzed sol–gel reaction chemistry to form silica particles. The evolution of the reaction was monitored in real-time; Raman and Mie spectroscopies confirmed the in situ formation of silica particles from alkoxysilane droplets as the product of successive hydrolysis and condensation reactions, with faster reaction kinetics in acid catalysis. Hydrolysis and condensation were accompanied by a reduction in droplet volume and silica formation. Two airborne particles undergoing solidification could be assembled into unique 3D structures such as dumb-bell shapes by manipulating a controlled collision. Our results provide a pipeline combining spectroscopy with optical microscopy and nanoscale FIB–SEM imaging to enable chemical and structural insights, with the opportunity to apply this methodology to probe structure formation during reactive inkjet printing. American Chemical Society 2022-08-17 2022-08-26 /pmc/articles/PMC9425431/ /pubmed/36062063 http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsanm.2c02683 Text en © 2022 The Authors. Published by American Chemical Society https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Permits the broadest form of re-use including for commercial purposes, provided that author attribution and integrity are maintained (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Barker, Connor R. Lewns, Francesca K. Poologasundarampillai, Gowsihan Ward, Andrew D. In Situ Sol–Gel Synthesis of Unique Silica Structures Using Airborne Assembly: Implications for In-Air Reactive Manufacturing |
title | In Situ Sol–Gel
Synthesis of Unique Silica
Structures Using Airborne Assembly: Implications for In-Air Reactive
Manufacturing |
title_full | In Situ Sol–Gel
Synthesis of Unique Silica
Structures Using Airborne Assembly: Implications for In-Air Reactive
Manufacturing |
title_fullStr | In Situ Sol–Gel
Synthesis of Unique Silica
Structures Using Airborne Assembly: Implications for In-Air Reactive
Manufacturing |
title_full_unstemmed | In Situ Sol–Gel
Synthesis of Unique Silica
Structures Using Airborne Assembly: Implications for In-Air Reactive
Manufacturing |
title_short | In Situ Sol–Gel
Synthesis of Unique Silica
Structures Using Airborne Assembly: Implications for In-Air Reactive
Manufacturing |
title_sort | in situ sol–gel
synthesis of unique silica
structures using airborne assembly: implications for in-air reactive
manufacturing |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9425431/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36062063 http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsanm.2c02683 |
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