The sonochemical synthesis and characterization of mesoporous chiral titania using a chiral inorganic precursor

Alexandra Gabashvili, Dan T. Major, Nina Perkas, Aharon Gedanken

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Abstract

The paper presents a successful sonochemical attempt to synthesize mesoporous chiral titania using a chiral inorganic precursor and dodecylamine, as the surfactant template. The resulting porous structure was characterized by nitrogen sorption experiments, transmission electron microscopy, and small-angle XRD. The enantioselectivity of this mesoporous titania after the extraction of the amine was examined by selective adsorption of enantiomers and racemic aqueous solution of camphor. The selective adsorption was measured by circular dichroism (CD) spectroscopy.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)605-609
Number of pages5
JournalUltrasonics Sonochemistry
Volume17
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 2010
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Chiral resolution
  • Chirality
  • Mesoporous titania
  • Sonochemistry

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