A hybrid material as a sorbent phase for the disposable pipette extraction technique enhances efficiency in the determination of phenolic endocrine-disrupting compounds.

In this study, the hybrid material 3-n-propyl(3-methylpyridinium) silsesquioxane chloride (Si3PyCl) was synthesized and investigated as a novel sorbent phase for the disposable pipette extraction (DPX) technique coupled to high-performance liquid chromatography-florescence detection. This sorbent phase was characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR). Aqueous samples containing the phenolic endocrine-disrupting compounds bisphenol A (BPA), 17α-ethynylestradiol (EE2), 4-tert-octylphenol (4-t-OP), 4-octylphenol (4-OP) and 4-nonylphenol (4-NP) were subjected to DPX procedures and a series of optimizations was performed to determine the ideal extraction conditions using this approach.

Gold nanoparticles hosted in a water-soluble silsesquioxane polymer applied as a catalytic material onto an electrochemical sensor for detection of nitrophenol isomers.

The water-soluble 3-n-propyl-4-picolinium silsesquioxane chloride (Si4Pic(+)Cl(-)) polymer was prepared, characterized and used as a stabilizing agent for the synthesis of gold nanoparticles (nAu). The ability of Si4Pic(+)Cl(-) to adsorb anionic metal complexes such as AuCl4(-) ions allowed well-dispersed nAu to be obtained with an average particle size of 4.5nm.

Highly-controlled grafting of mono and dicationic 4,4'-bipyridine derivatives on SBA-15 for potential application as adsorbent of CuCl2 from ethanol solution.

This work describes a highly controlled post-grafting of mono and dicationic 4,4'-bipyridine alkoxysilane derivatives (Bipy(+) and Bipy(2+)) onto the surface of an ordered mesoporous silica, SBA-15. The materials obtained are designated as SBA-15/Bipy(+)Cl(-) and SBA-15/Bipy(2+)Cl(2)(-), both possessing chloride as counter ion. The regular arrangement of uniform pores of this inorganic matrix is likely to ensure good accessibility to the active centers (electron acceptors) attached to the surface.

Surface functionalization of SBA-15 and a nonordered mesoporous silica with a 1,4-diazabicyclo[2.2.2]octane derivative: study of CuCl2 adsorption from ethanol solution.

This work describes the preparation and characterization of postfunctionalized ordered (SBA-15) and nonordered (SMD) mesoporous silicas with n-propyl-1,4-diazoniabicycle[2.2.2]octane chloride (DbCl) moiety.

n-Propylpyridinium chloride-modified poly(dimethylsiloxane) elastomeric networks: preparation, characterization, and study of metal chloride adsorption from ethanol solutions.

An n-propylpyridinium chloride-modified PDMS elastomeric network, PDMS/Py(+)Cl(-), was prepared from linear PDMS chains containing Si(CH(3))(2)OH end-groups cross-linked by 3-chloropropyltrimethoxysilane and posterior reaction with pyridine. PDMS/Py(+)Cl(-) material was structurally characterized by infrared spectroscopy (IR) and solid state (13)C and (29)Si NMR. Thermogravimetric analysis of the product showed good thermal stability, with the initial temperature of weight loss at 450 K.