Simple Preparation of Novel Metal-Containing Mesoporous Starches

Metal-containing mesoporous starches have been synthesized using a simple and efficient microwave-assisted methodology followed by metal impregnation in the porous gel network. Final materials exhibited surface areas >60 m² g , being essentially mesoporous with pore sizes in the 10-15 nm range wi...

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Published inMaterials Vol. 6; no. 5; pp. 1891 - 1902
Main Authors Ojeda, Manuel, Budarin, Vitaliy, Shuttleworth, Peter S, Clark, James H, Pineda, Antonio, Balu, Alina M, Romero, Antonio A, Luque, Rafael
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Switzerland MDPI AG 10.05.2013
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Biomass
Biopolymers
Catalysis
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mesoporous polysaccharides
Porous materials
starch
Temperature
Spain
Cu
starch
Co
mesoporous polysaccharides
Fe
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Summary:Metal-containing mesoporous starches have been synthesized using a simple and efficient microwave-assisted methodology followed by metal impregnation in the porous gel network. Final materials exhibited surface areas >60 m² g , being essentially mesoporous with pore sizes in the 10-15 nm range with some developed inter-particular mesoporosity. These materials characterized by several techniques including XRD, SEM, TG/DTA and DRIFTs may find promising catalytic applications due to the presence of (hydr)oxides in their composition.
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In memoriam of Prof. Juan M. Campelo, inspiration for this work, who passed away in October 2012
ISSN:1996-1944
1996-1944
DOI:10.3390/ma6051891