Variable morphologies of self-assembled metal-complexed lauroyl-glycylglycine in the presence of montmorillonite-silica nanowires
D. VARASTEANU1,
M. C. COROBEA1,*
,
M. GHIUREA1,
S. POP1,
I. CHICAN1,
D. FLOREA1,
A. PISCUREANU1,
I. CALINESCU2
Affiliation
- National Research & Development Institute for Chemistry and Petrochemistry ICECHIM-Bucharest, Splaiul Independentei 202, 060021, Romania
- University Politehnica from Bucharest, Faculty of Applied Chemistry and Materials Sciences, 1-7 Gheorghe Polizu, Bucharest, 011061, Romania
Abstract
Synthesis of cobalt (II) and Ni (II) complexes of lauroyl-glycylglycine in the presence of montmorillonite-silica nanowires was followed in terms of variable morphologies induced by self-assembling phenomena. The interactions between different metal complexes and the montmorillonite-silica nanowires segments were observed by FTIR, TGA, DSC and SEM results. These interactions induced variable morphologies (sheet-like, ribbon-like, tube-like and fiber-like). Variable morphologies, physical and chemical nature and the thermal stability recommend this new class of hybrids in catalysis applications..
Keywords
Self-assembling, Metal complex, Silica nanowires.
Citation
D. VARASTEANU, M. C. COROBEA, M. GHIUREA, S. POP, I. CHICAN, D. FLOREA, A. PISCUREANU, I. CALINESCU, Variable morphologies of self-assembled metal-complexed lauroyl-glycylglycine in the presence of montmorillonite-silica nanowires, Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials - Rapid Communications, 7, 11-12, November-December 2013, pp.991-996 (2013).
Submitted at: Sept. 2, 2013
Accepted at: Nov. 7, 2013