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Title
Special data handling techniques for Fourier-transform infrared photoacoustic spectra : estimation and characterization of the N contents on ammoniated trichlorosilylated silica-gel, using partial least-squares regression and curve fitting on the Si-H stretching vibration
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Abstract
The reaction of silica gel with trichlorosilane (HSiCl3) and subsequently with gaseous NH3, resulting in a surface covered with =Si-O-Si(H)(NH2), and NH4Cl species, has been studied. The Si-H stretching vibration (2270 cm-1) of the trichlorosilylated silica perturbs, upon ammonia adsorption, into three overlapping bands. It is shown that partial least-squares regression (PLSR) is able to predict the concentration of the different surface species, using the Si-H stretching vibration region as the only spectral dataset. It is noticeable that this vibration has a constant intensity, since the Si-H species are generated during the trichlorosilylation step, and not during the ammoniation. The mechanisms, causing this perturbation are investigated in more detail, using curve fitting and Si-29 cross-polarisation magic-angle-spinning (CP MAS) NMR. The occurrence of an ammoniated secondary species [(=Si-O),-Si(H)(NH2)] on the silica surface is proposed and its infrared (IR) absorbing frequency is determined. An introduction to PLS for the spectroscopist is included.
Language
English
Source (journal)
Journal of the Chemical Society : Faraday transactions: physical chemistry and chemical physics / Bunsengesellschaft für Physikalische Chemie. - London, 1990 - 1998
Publication
London : Royal Society of Chemistry , 1993
ISSN
0956-5000 [print]
1364-5455 [online]
DOI
10.1039/FT9938900063
Volume/pages
89 :1 (1993) , p. 63-68
ISI
A1993KH27700011
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UAntwerpen
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