Warad Ismail, H Omar Abd-Elkader, Al-Resayes Saud, Husein Ahmad, Al-Nuri Mohammed, Boshaala Ahmed, Al-Zaqri Nabil, Hadda Taibi Ben
Department of Chemistry, Science College, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2455, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia.
Electron Microscope Unit, Zoology Department, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Int J Mol Sci. 2012;13(5):6279-6291. doi: 10.3390/ijms13056279. Epub 2012 May 21.
Novel hybrid xerogel materials were synthesized by a sol-gel procedure. n-octadecyltriethoxysilane was co-condensed with and without different cross-linkers using Q(0) and T(0) mono-functionalized organosilanes in the presence of n-hexadecylamine with different hydroxyl silica functional groups at the surface. These polymer networks have shown new properties, for example, a high degree of cross-linking and hydrolysis. Two different synthesis steps were carried out: simple self-assembly followed by sol-gel transition and precipitation of homogenous sols. Due to the lack of solubility of these materials, the compositions of the new materials were determined by infrared spectroscopy, (13)C and (29)Si CP/MAS NMR spectroscopy and scanning electron microscopy.