Han Zhang

Publications (2)5.09 Total impact

• Article: Hollow polymer microspheres containing a gold nanocolloid core adsorbed on the inner surface as a catalytic microreactor

  Xiaoxu Wang, Hongfen Ji, Xu Zhang, Han Zhang, Xinlin Yang
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  ABSTRACT: Hollow polymer microspheres with different polarity and functional group for the shell layer containing gold nanocolloid cores adsorbed on the inner surface were prepared by selective removal of sandwiched silica layer from the corresponding gold/silica/polydivinylbenzene (Au/SiO2/PDVB), Au/SiO2/poly(ethyleneglycol dimethacrylate) (Au/SiO2/PEGDMA), and Au/SiO2/poly(ethyleneglycol dimethacrylate-co-methacrylic acid) (Au/SiO2/P(EGDMA-co-MAA) tri-layer microspheres, respectively. The tri-layer microspheres were synthesized by distillation precipitation polymerizations of divinylbenzene (DVB), ethyleneglycol dimethacrylate (EGDMA), EGDMA together with methacrylic acid (MAA) in presence of 3-(methacryloxy)propyltrimethoxysilane (MPS)-modified gold/silica (Au/SiO2) core–shell particles as seeds, which were prepared by coating of a layer of silica onto the surface of Au nanocolloids with the aid of polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) via a modified Stöber method. The catalytic property and stability as a microreactor of the hollow polymer microspheres with Au nanocolloid cores adsorbed on the inner surface were studied by the reduction of 4-nitrophenol (4-NP) to 4-aminophenol (4-AnP) with sodium borohydride (NaBH4) as reductant. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and Fourier transform infrared spectra (FT-IR) were used for characterizing the morphology and structure of the resultant microspheres.
  Journal of Materials Science 04/2012; 45(15):3981-3989. · 2.02 Impact Factor
• Article: Facile synthesis of monodisperse polymer/SiO2/polymer/TiO2 tetra-layer microspheres and the corresponding double-walled hollow SiO2/TiO2 microspheres.

  Han Zhang, Xu Zhang, Xinlin Yang
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  ABSTRACT: Monodisperse tetra-layer poly(ethyleneglycol dimethacrylate-co-methacrylic acid) (P(EGDMA-co-MAA))/SiO(2)/P(EGDMA-co-MAA)/TiO(2) tetra-layer microspheres were facilely synthesized by the combination of the distillation precipitation polymerization for the preparation of P(EGDMA-co-MAA) layers and the controlled sol-gel hydrolysis of inorganic precursors for the formation of silica (SiO(2)) and titania (TiO(2)) layers. The thickness of the outer titania shell-layer was well-controlled via altering the feed of titanium tetrabutoxide (TBOT) during the sol-gel hydrolysis, while the size of polymeric layers were facilely controlled via a multi-step addition of ethyleneglycol dimethacrylate (EGDMA) crosslinker and methacrylic acid (MAA) monomer during the polymerization. The corresponding double-walled hollow inorganic microspheres containing SiO(2) inner shell and TiO(2) outer shell with various thickness were obtained after the selective removal of P(EGDMA-co-MAA) components via the calcination of the tetra-layer polymer/SiO(2)/polymer/TiO(2) microspheres under 550 degrees C for 4 h in air. The structure and morphology of the resultant microspheres were characterized by transmission electron microscopy (TEM), X-ray diffractometer (XRD), X-ray photoelectron microscopy (XPS), and thermogravimetric analysis (TGA). Further, the photocatalytic properties of the resultant double-walled hollow SiO(2)/TiO(2) microspheres were studied by photocatalytic degradation of methyl orange (MO) with ultraviolet (UV) irradiation of a 500 W high-pressure mercury lamp.
  Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 08/2010; 348(2):431-40. · 3.07 Impact Factor