材料科学
涂层
化学工程
硅氧烷
多孔性
单体
X射线光电子能谱
聚合
吸收(声学)
胺气处理
表面改性
聚合物
有机化学
复合材料
工程类
化学
作者
Gabrielle Rey,Stephanie L. Vivod,Saranshu Singla,Theresa L. Benyo,Jaelynne King,Steven S. C. Chuang,Ali Dhinojwala
标识
DOI:10.1021/acsami.1c10879
摘要
Silica aerogels are interesting porous materials with extremely low density and high surface area, making them advantageous for a number of aerospace and catalysis applications. Here, we report the preparation of polydopamine (PDA)-functionalized silica aerogels using an in situ coating method, wherein the dopamine monomer was allowed to diffuse through the underlying structure of the gels in the absence of any external base and polymerize on the surface of the gel. The use of a siloxane precursor with an amine functionality decorates the silica backbone, allowing for a superior PDA coating, as evident in the darker color of PDA-coated amine-functionalized silica gels than PDA-coated silica-only gels and the X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy results. Furthermore, by varying the coating time, a series of aerogels with increasing optical absorption are prepared. Analyses using Brunauer–Emmett–Teller, scanning electron microscopy, and pycnometry show that the in situ PDA coating does not affect the inherent properties of the silica aerogels as opposed to PDA coatings deposited using an external base. Aerogels coated for 12 h and 24 h offer a surface area of 614 ± 35 and 658 ± 15 m2/g along with a porosity of 92.6 ± 0.9 and 92.4 ± 0.7%, respectively, properties similar to the native silica aerogels. PDA-coated aerogels have the potential to serve as UV ray mitigating materials due to the tortuosity of the underlying structure and the unique chemical properties of the PDA coating.
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