Organic-inorganic hybrid saponites obtained by intercalation of titano-silsesquioxane

Fabio Carniato; Chiara Bisio; Giorgio Gatti; Matteo Guidotti; Laura Sordelli; Leonardo Marchese

doi:10.1002/asia.201000664

Organic-inorganic hybrid saponites obtained by intercalation of titano-silsesquioxane

Chem Asian J. 2011 Mar 1;6(3):914-21. doi: 10.1002/asia.201000664. Epub 2010 Nov 30.

Authors

Fabio Carniato¹, Chiara Bisio, Giorgio Gatti, Matteo Guidotti, Laura Sordelli, Leonardo Marchese

Affiliation

¹ Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Avanzate and Nano-SISTEMI Interdisciplinary Centre, Università del Piemonte Orientale A. Avogadro, 11, 15121 Alessandria, Italy.

PMID: 21120985
DOI: 10.1002/asia.201000664

Abstract

The synthesis and characterization of two bifunctional composite materials based on synthetic saponite clays is here presented. These materials were prepared by intercalation of a Ti-containing aminopropylisobutyl polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (Ti-NH(2) POSS) in synthetic saponite samples containing interlayer sodium (Na-SAP) or protons (H-SAP). Hybrid organic-inorganic materials, Ti-NHM-1 and Ti-NHM-2, were obtained upon ion exchange. Structural, spectroscopic, and thermal properties of both hybrid materials were investigated in detail along with their catalytic activity in cyclohexene oxidation.