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The hydrolysis and condensation of tetramethoxysilane in a DMF solution of polyamides containing LiCl, CaCl2 or ZnCl2, both in presence and absence of polyoxazoline, resulted in the facile formation of polyamide-silica gel hybrids. Films were cast from the resulting mixtures and evaporation of the solvent resulted in the formation of clear, transparent hybrids with the salts dispersed at the molecular level. Pyrolysis of hybrids at 600°C gave porous silica. Pore size and surface characteristics of these silica gel samples indicated a porous nature with a pore radius of 1.1 nm for silica gels obtained from hybrids HPA-6 (containing no salt) and HPA-9 (containing ZnCl2) and a surface area of 213 m2g−1 and 310 m2g−1, respectively. Silica gel from hybrid HPA-7 (containing IiCl) had a pore radius of 1.9 nm and a surface area of 15 m2g−1. The silica gel samples obtained from hybrids HPA-6, HPA-7 and HPA-9 exhibited narrow slit-like pores with a pore volume of 0.68 cm3g−1.
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Ver Avadhani, C., Chujo, Y., Kuraoka, K. et al. Polyamide-silica gel hybrids containing metal salts: Preparation via the sol-gel reaction. Polymer Bulletin 38, 501–508 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002890050079
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