Catalyst-free synthesis of sodium amide nanoparticles encapsulated in silica gel
Crystalline sodium amide nanoparticles encapsulated in an amorphous silica framework were formed by ammoniation of a precursor material, silica gel loaded with metallic sodium, under mild conditions and without catalysis. This ammoniation was performed in situ on TOSCA beamline at ISIS, RAL, using a...
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| author | Ogilvie, A Makepeace, J Hore, K Ramirez-Cuesta, A Apperley, D Mitchels, J Edwards, P Sartbaeva, A |
| author_facet | Ogilvie, A Makepeace, J Hore, K Ramirez-Cuesta, A Apperley, D Mitchels, J Edwards, P Sartbaeva, A |
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| description | Crystalline sodium amide nanoparticles encapsulated in an amorphous silica framework were formed by ammoniation of a precursor material, silica gel loaded with metallic sodium, under mild conditions and without catalysis. This ammoniation was performed in situ on TOSCA beamline at ISIS, RAL, using anhydrous gaseous ammonia. The resulting material exhibits no pyrophoricity and much reduced air- and moisture-sensitivity compared to the bulk amide. The nanoparticles formed will offer a greatly increased surface area for chemical reactions where amide is currently used as an important ingredient for industrial applications. We anticipate that this method of sodium amide production will have a diversity of applications. © 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:aaab798f-7afd-4115-8264-eea6b84399a22022-03-27T03:16:47ZCatalyst-free synthesis of sodium amide nanoparticles encapsulated in silica gelJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:aaab798f-7afd-4115-8264-eea6b84399a2Symplectic Elements at Oxford2013Ogilvie, AMakepeace, JHore, KRamirez-Cuesta, AApperley, DMitchels, JEdwards, PSartbaeva, ACrystalline sodium amide nanoparticles encapsulated in an amorphous silica framework were formed by ammoniation of a precursor material, silica gel loaded with metallic sodium, under mild conditions and without catalysis. This ammoniation was performed in situ on TOSCA beamline at ISIS, RAL, using anhydrous gaseous ammonia. The resulting material exhibits no pyrophoricity and much reduced air- and moisture-sensitivity compared to the bulk amide. The nanoparticles formed will offer a greatly increased surface area for chemical reactions where amide is currently used as an important ingredient for industrial applications. We anticipate that this method of sodium amide production will have a diversity of applications. © 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. |
| spellingShingle | Ogilvie, A Makepeace, J Hore, K Ramirez-Cuesta, A Apperley, D Mitchels, J Edwards, P Sartbaeva, A Catalyst-free synthesis of sodium amide nanoparticles encapsulated in silica gel |
| title | Catalyst-free synthesis of sodium amide nanoparticles encapsulated in silica gel |
| title_full | Catalyst-free synthesis of sodium amide nanoparticles encapsulated in silica gel |
| title_fullStr | Catalyst-free synthesis of sodium amide nanoparticles encapsulated in silica gel |
| title_full_unstemmed | Catalyst-free synthesis of sodium amide nanoparticles encapsulated in silica gel |
| title_short | Catalyst-free synthesis of sodium amide nanoparticles encapsulated in silica gel |
| title_sort | catalyst free synthesis of sodium amide nanoparticles encapsulated in silica gel |
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