Grafting of Tetraphenylethylene on Silica Surface, Characterizations, and Their Chromatographic Performance as Reversed-Phase Stationary Phases
Surface modification is an effective way to functionalize the materials so as to get some special properties. Tetraphenylethylene (TPE) has been widely investigated as a well-known reagent which has the nature of aggregation-induced emission (AIE), but has never been reported in the liquid chromatog...
Publié dans: | Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids. - 1985. - 38(2022), 46 vom: 22. Nov., Seite 14400-14408 |
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Autres auteurs: | , , , , , |
Format: | Article en ligne |
Langue: | English |
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2022
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Accès à la collection: | Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids |
Sujets: | Journal Article Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Silicon Dioxide 7631-86-9 tetraphenylethylene Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons Phenols |
Résumé: | Surface modification is an effective way to functionalize the materials so as to get some special properties. Tetraphenylethylene (TPE) has been widely investigated as a well-known reagent which has the nature of aggregation-induced emission (AIE), but has never been reported in the liquid chromatography stationary phase. In this work, TPE-grafted silica (Sil-TPE) was obtained successfully using the derivative of 1-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-1,2,2-triphenylethylene as a ligand, and then characterized by elemental analysis, Fourier transform infrared spectra, thermogravimetric analysis, and so forth. Laser scanning confocal microscopy images reflected the AIE phenomenon of grafted TPE because the internal vibration and rotation of TPE molecules were restrained in the confined silica space. The contact angle test showed superhydrophobic properties of Sil-TPE. In order to understand thoroughly the mechanism of chromatographic performance and retention behavior for Sil-TPE, Tanaka test mixture, alkylbenzenes, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), and phenols were separated. This reveals that Sil-TPE has strong aromaticity and certain shape selectivity, especially, has excellent separation performance for PAHs and phenols. The thermodynamic properties and repeatability of Sil-TPE were further studied, which showed the stability of Sil-TPE. This work shows that TPE can be successfully grafted on silica surface and it has the potential to be a new kind of promising stationary phases in the future |
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Description: | Date Completed 23.11.2022 Date Revised 23.12.2022 published: Print-Electronic Citation Status MEDLINE |
ISSN: | 1520-5827 |
DOI: | 10.1021/acs.langmuir.2c02709 |