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High-Pressure Cryogelation Of Nanosilica And Surface Properties Of Cryosilicas, V M. Gun'ko, V V. Turov, V I. Zarko, G P. Prykhod'ko, O S. Remez, R Leboda, J Skubiszewska-Zieba, E M. Pahklov, Jonathan Blitz
High-Pressure Cryogelation Of Nanosilica And Surface Properties Of Cryosilicas, V M. Gun'ko, V V. Turov, V I. Zarko, G P. Prykhod'ko, O S. Remez, R Leboda, J Skubiszewska-Zieba, E M. Pahklov, Jonathan Blitz
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Silica cryogels (cryosilicas) in a powder state were synthesized with different concentrations of fumed silica A-300 (CA-300 = 5-20 wt.%), sonicated in aqueous suspension, then frozen at -14 oC at different pressures in a high-pressure stainless steel reactor (a freezing bomb), and dried in air at room temperature. To analyze the effects of low temperature and high pressure, samples were also prepared at -14 oC or room temperature and standard pressure. The structural and adsorption properties of the powder materials were studied using nitrogen adsorption, high-resolution transmission electron microscopy, infrared spectroscopy, thermogravimetry, low-temperature 1H NMR spectroscopy and thermally stimulated depolarization …