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Rui P C L Sousa1, Rita B Figueira1, Emanuela Callone2
1Centre of Chemistry, University of Minho, Campus of Gualtar, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal.
Abstract:
Organic-inorganic hybrids (OIHs) are a type of material that can be obtained using the sol-gel process and has the advantages of organic and inorganic moieties in a single material. Polyetheramines have been widely used in the preparation of this type of material, particularly in combination with epoxy-based alkoxysilanes. Nevertheless, epoxyciclohexylethyltrimethoxysilane (ECHETMS) is a promising alkoxysilane with an epoxy terminal group that is quite unexplored. In this work, four novel OIH materials were synthesized using the sol-gel method. The OIHs were based on Jeffamines® of different molecular weights (D-230, D-400, ED-600, and ED-900), together with ECHETMS. The materials were characterized using multinuclear solid state NMR, FTIR, BET, UV/Vis spectroscopy, EIS, and TGA. The influence of the Jeffamine molecular weight and the suitability of these materials to act as a supporting matrix for heteroaromatic probes were assessed and discussed. The materials show interesting properties in order to be applied in a wide range of sensing applications.
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