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Bendeif, El-Eulmi ; Gansmüller, Axel ; Hsieh, K.-Y. ; Pillet, Sebastian ; Woike, Th. ; Zobel, Mirijam ; Neder, Reinhard B. ; Bouazaoui, M. ; El Hamzaoui, H. ; Schaniel, D.:
Structure determination of molecular nanocomposites by combining pair distribution function analysis and solid-state NMR.
In: RSC Advances.
Vol. 5
(2015)
.
- pp. 8895-8902.
ISSN 2046-2069
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/C4RA11470A
Abstract in another language
Transparent mesoporous silica monoliths of well-controlled porosity and a narrow pore size distribution around 6 nm have been used to prepare sodium nitroprusside (SNP) nanocomposites. The obtained nanomaterials could be characterised using X-ray total scattering coupled to atomic pair distribution function analysis (PDF) and solid-state NMR spectroscopy. The PDF analysis allows for a structural description of the confined species, as well as for the identification of the various coexisting phases: SNP isolated molecules and SNP crystalline nanoparticles. The model obtained suggests that the nanocrystals have the same molecular structure as the bulk crystalline material and measure about 6 nm in diameter. This result is quite exceptional because the space available inside the pores is only about ten times the size of the molecules. The multi-nuclei solid state NMR investigation confirms the structural model proposed by the PDF analysis and assigns the isolated molecules to the dynamic disorder of a solvated phase. The latter approach additionally provides quantitative information on the relative ratio between the dynamic molecules and the rigid nanocrystals. This result is exploited to study the evolution of the two confined SNP phases with respect to solvating water molecules. We show that the confined SNP nanocrystals can be easily dissolved when storing the nanocomposites at increasing atmospheric relative humidity.
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| Item Type: | Article in a journal |
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| Refereed: | Yes |
| Keywords: | pair distribution function; NMR |
| Institutions of the University: | Faculties > Faculty of Biology, Chemistry and Earth Sciences > Department of Chemistry > Former Professors > Junior Professor Solid State Chemistry - Mesostructured Materials - Juniorprof. Dr. Mirijam Zobel Faculties Faculties > Faculty of Biology, Chemistry and Earth Sciences Faculties > Faculty of Biology, Chemistry and Earth Sciences > Department of Chemistry Faculties > Faculty of Biology, Chemistry and Earth Sciences > Department of Chemistry > Junior Professor Solid State Chemistry - Mesostructured Materials Faculties > Faculty of Biology, Chemistry and Earth Sciences > Department of Chemistry > Former Professors |
| Result of work at the UBT: | No |
| DDC Subjects: | 500 Science > 500 Natural sciences 500 Science > 530 Physics 500 Science > 540 Chemistry |
| Date Deposited: | 23 Jan 2017 13:43 |
| Last Modified: | 23 Jan 2017 13:43 |
| URI: | https://eref.uni-bayreuth.de/id/eprint/35697 |