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SUBMITTER: Bakdash RS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7658350 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Scientific reports 20201111 1
In this present work, we successfully prepared aminated silica (ASiO<sub>2</sub>) from rice husk ash (RHA) and functionalized with 3-aminopropyltriethoxysilane (APTES). Physical and chemical properties of the synthesized material were investigated by various techniques SEM-EDX, XPS, FTIR, TGA. The surface area of RHA was 223 m<sup>2</sup>/g, while for ASiO<sub>2</sub> was 101 m<sup>2</sup>/g. Molecular level DFT calculations revealed that the functionalization of ASiO<sub>2</sub> resulted in a s ...[more]