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Process for synthesizing amorphous silica microspheres with fluorescence behavior
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Filing: 1993-06-30
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Granted: 1996-01-02
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Expires: 2013-06-30
Abstract
Abstract A process for synthesizing amorphous silica microspheres having fluorescence behavior includes the steps of placing into a container an organosilicon precursorand with a highly acidic solution and rinsing with a solvate to remove excess of the organosilicon precursor from the amorphous silica microspheres. The organosilicon precursor and the highly acidic solution are immiscible. The process for synthesizing amorphous silica microspheres also includes the steps adding a dopant from a group consisting of rhodamine-6G, rhodamine-B, europium 3 + , fluorescein, coumarin-120, coumarin-314T, thionine, uranium and uranium-sensitized europium, stirring the organosilicon precursor and the highly acidic solution to form droplets of the organosilicon precursor in the highly acidic solution whereby water in the highly acidic solution hydrolizes the droplets of the organosilicon precursor to form amorphous silica microspheres and rinsing with a solvant to remove excess of the organosilicon precursor therefrom.
Inventors
- 👤 Edward J. A. Pope
Bibliographic Details
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2026-11-08 14:29
CPC Classifications
G; G02; G02F; G02F1/00; G02F1/01; G02F1/13; G02F1/133; G02F1/1333; G02F1/1335; G02F1/1336; G02F1/133617; C; C09; C09K; C09K11/00; C09K11/02; C09K11/04; C09K11/06; C09K11/08; C09K11/59; C09K11/592; H; H01; H01J; H01J29/00; H01J29/02; H01J29/10; H01J29/18; H01J29/30; H01J29/32
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 3
Claim 1
Independent Claim
178 words
A process for synthesizing amorphous silica microspheres comprising the steps of: a. placing into a container an organosilicon precursor wherein said organosilicon precursor is selected from a group consisting of tetraethoxysilane (TEOS), tetrabutoxysilane (TBOS), tetramethoxysilane (TMOS) and tetrapropoxysilane (TPOS), and an acidic solution having an acid molar concentration in the range of 0.05 to 2.5 wherein said acidic solution is selected from a group consisting of nitric acid (HNO 3 ) and hydrochloric acid (HCl) wherein said organosilicon precursor and said acidic solution are immiscible whereby a volumetric ratio of said organosilicon precursor to said acidic solution is in the range from 8 to 1 to 18 to 1; b. stirring said organosilicon precursor and said acidic solution at a stirring rate in the range between 8 Hz to 50 Hz to form droplets of said organosilicon precursor in said acidic solution whereby water in said acidic solution hydrolizes said droplets of said organosilicon precursor to form amorphous silica microspheres; and c. rinsing with a solvent to remove excess of said organosilicon precursor from said amorphous silica microspheres.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
178 words
A process for synthesizing amorphous silica microspheres comprising the steps of: a. placing into a container an organosilicon precursor wherein said organosilicon precursor is selected from a group consisting of tetraethoxysilane (TEOS), tetrabutoxysilane (TBOS), tetramethoxysilane (TMOS) and tetrapropoxysilane (TPOS), and an acidic solution having an acid molar concentration in the range of 0.05 to 2.5 wherein said acidic solution is selected from a group consisting of nitric acid (HNO 3 ) and hydrochloric acid (HCl) wherein said organosilicon precursor and said acidic solution are immiscible whereby a volumetric ratio of said organosilicon precursor to said acidic solution is in the range from 8 to 1 to 18 to 1; b. stirring said organosilicon precursor and said acidic solution at a stirring rate in the range between 8 Hz to 50 Hz to form droplets of said organosilicon precursor in said acidic solution whereby water in said acidic solution hydrolizes said droplets of said organosilicon precursor to form amorphous silica microspheres; and c. rinsing with a solvent to remove excess of said organosilicon precursor from said amorphous silica microspheres.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
62 words
A process for synthesizing amorphous silica microspheres according to claim 1 including the step of adding a dopant to said organosilicon precursor and said highly acidic solution in said container wherein said dopant is selected from a group consisting of rhodamine-6G, rhodamine-B, europium 3 + , fluorescein, coumarin-120, coumarin-314T, thionine, uranium and uranium-sensitized europium whereby said amorphous silica microspheres have fluorescence behavior.
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