PROJECT TITLE: POLYMER COATED ORDERED MESOPOROUS CARBONS WITH MULTIFUNCTIONAL PROPERTIES CONTRACTOR: "Petru Poni" Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry, Romanian Academy GRANTED BY: Romanian National Authority for Scientific Research, CNCS - UEFISCDI PROJECT DURATION: 1 st May th April 2015 PROJECT LEADER: dr. Maria IGNAT MENTOR: dr. Valeria HARABAGIU PROJECT NUMBER: PN-II-RU-PD

Project summary The proposed project entitled “Polymer coated ordered mesoporous carbons with multifunctional properties” will be developed in Institute of excellence of the Romanian Academy by a team formed from the project leader and a tutor with complementarily expertise required for the project development, e.g. mesoporous carbons and polymer science, respectively. The aim of this research project is to prepare polymer-coverd ordered mesoporous carbon materials with high adsorption properties, appropriate for decontamination of industrial water and haemoperfusion. The project is organized in three research phases dealing, respectively, with (a) the preparation of mesoporous nanoparticles; (b) functionalisation of the particle by chemical treatment and polymer coating; (c) characterization of structure, physico- chemical and the sorption properties of the functional particles. Expected results: three ISI papers; six conference presentations.

- To establish a reproducible method for the synthesis of highly ordered mesoporous carbons with designed architecture and showing high sorption properties; - To provide a treatment method affording high functionality (surface reactivity and wettability) of the pore surfaces; - To optimize the preparation conditions of polymer-carbon systems in order to minimize the particle agglomeration and to maintain appropriate porosity; - To establish preparation-structure-properties correlations and to check the end use properties of the optimized materials. Project objectives

2013 A1.1. Synthesis and characterization of ordered mesoporous carbon materials with high sorption properties. A1.2. Providing a treatment method affording high functionality of mesoporous carbon surface A2.1. Synthesis and characterization of polymer-carbon composites. A2.2. Optimizing the synthetic conditions of the propozed composites in order to maintain appropriate porosity. A3.3. Establishing the preparation-structure-properties correlations of the optimized composites A3.1. Study of the polymer coated-ordered mesoporous carbon for the prevention particles agglomerations. A3.2. Verification of end-use properties of the synthesized composites. Project activities

Project results 2013 – synthesis of ordered mesoporous carbon Ordered mesoporous carbon materials were obtained by template synthesis using SBA-15 silica template and glycerol as carbon precursor.

Project results 2014 – polymer-coating ordered mesoporous carbon

Project results 2014 – preliminary application test The obtained results showed that the adsorption capacity obtained for PNiPAM-functionalized mesoporous carbon (80%) is greater than the vitamin B2 adsorption on pristine mesoporous carbon (53%). These results show that the PNiPAM-functionalized mesoporous carbon compare favorably with unfunctionalized mesoporous carbon

Dissemination ARTICLES „Effect of the synthesis conditions on glycerol-derived mesoporous carbon materials”, M. Ignat E. Popovici, P. Cool, V. Harabagiu, Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, submitted for publication. ORAL PRESENTATIONS AT INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS „Mesoporous materials: synthesis, characterization, applications”, Maria Ignat, STREAM Summer School, 8-13 iulie, Iasi, Romania “Influence of the Pyrolizing Temperature on the Textural Properties of the Templated Mesoporous Carbon Materials”, M. Ignat, E. Popovici, P. Cool, V. Harabagiu 3rd International Conference Nanomaterials: Applications and Properties 2013 (NAP 2013), septembrie, 2013, Golden Kolos Resort, 9, Chervonoarmiiys'ka Str., Alushta, Crimea, Ucraina. 2013

Dissemination ARTICLES „Surface chemistry – the key-property of templated mesoporous carbons for sorption”, Maria IGNAT, Vera MEYNEN, Pegie COOL, Valeria HARABAGIU, Revue Roumaine de Chimie, under review; „Glycerol-derived mesoporous carbon: N 2 -sorption and SAXS data evaluation”, Maria IGNAT, Liviu SACARESCU, Pegie COOL, Valeria HARABAGIU, Applied Surface Science, under review; "PNiPAM-functionalized mesoporous carbon for adsorption of vitamin B2", Maria IGNAT, Maria Emiliana FORTUNA, Liviu SACARESCU, Mirela- Fernanda ZALTARIOV, Valeria HARABAGIU, Environmental Engineering and Management Journal, 2015, accepted for publication in 2015; „The effect of heating temperature on glycerol-derived mesoporous carbon porosity”, Maria IGNAT, Liviu SACARESCU, Valeria HARABAGIU. 2014

Dissemination ORAL PRESENTATIONS AT NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL SIMPOSIA „Polysilanes: organic-inorganic polymers for optoelectronics”, V. Harabagiu, M. Ignat, G. Sacarescu, M. Simionescu, L. Sacarescu, XI ème Colloque Franco-Roumain sur les Polymères, Piteti (Cornul Vanatorului), Roumanie, Les août 2014 – oral presentation. “Riboflavin uptake by polymer functionalized mesoporous carbon”, M. Ignat, M. Fortuna, L. Sacarescu, V. Harabagiu, XI ème Colloque Franco-Roumain sur les Polymères, Piteti (Cornul Vanatorului), Roumanie, Les août poster. “Glycerol-derived mesoporous carbon: N 2 -sorption and SAXS data evaluation”, M. Ignat *, M. Fortuna, L. Sacarescu, V. Harabagiu, 10 th International Conference on Physics of Advanced Materials – ICPAM-10, Iasi, Romania, September 2014 – poster. “The effect of heating temperature on the templated carbon porosity”, Maria Ignat, Liviu Sacarescu, Valeria Harabagiu., 6 th Szeged International Workshop on Advances in Nanoscience - SIWAN6, 15–18 October 2014, Szeged, Hungary - poster. “PNiPAM-functionalized mesoporous carbon for adsorption of vitamin B2”, Maria Ignat, Maria Fortuna, Liviu Sacarescu, Valeria Harabagiu., 2 nd International Conference on Chemical Ingeneering – ICCE 2014, Romania, Iasi, 5-8 Noiembrie, 2014 – poster. “Adsorption study of vitamin B2 on polimer-carbon composite: Freundlich and Langmuir isotherms”, Maria Ignat, Maria Fortuna, Liviu Sacarescu, Valeria Harabagiu, A XXXIII-A Conferinţă Naţională De Chimie, Căciulata, Octombrie poster. 2014

Budget Stage Stage Stage Total Budget300000

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