Gelation Mechanism Revealed in Organometallic Gels: Prevalence of van der Waals Interactions on Oligomerization by Coordination Chemistry

Shaping of nanomaterials is a necessary step for their inclusion in electronic devices and batteries. For this purpose, the formulation of a moldable material including these nanomaterials is desirable. Organomineral gels are a very interesting option, since the components of the nanomaterial itself...

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Published in:Chemphyschem 2023-07, Vol.24 (14), p.e202300077-n/a
Main Authors: Wang, Yinping, Coppel, Yannick, Fitremann, Juliette, Massou, Stéphane, Mingotaud, Christophe, Kahn, Myrtil L.
Format: Article
Language:English
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Chemical Sciences
Coordination chemistry
Gelation
Gels
Material chemistry
Nanomaterials
NMR
NMR spectroscopy
Nuclear magnetic resonance
Oligomerization
organometallic chemistry
Parameter identification
Rheological properties
Rheology
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Summary:Shaping of nanomaterials is a necessary step for their inclusion in electronic devices and batteries. For this purpose, the formulation of a moldable material including these nanomaterials is desirable. Organomineral gels are a very interesting option, since the components of the nanomaterial itself form a gel without the help of a binder. As a consequence, the properties of the nanomaterial are not diluted by the binder. In this article we studied organometallic gels based on a [ZnCy2] organometallic precursor and a primary alkyl amine which together forms spontaneously gels after few hours. We identified the main parameters controlling the gel properties monitored by rheology and NMR measurements The experiments demonstrate that the gelation time depends on the length of the alkyl chain of the amine and that the gelation mechanism derived firstly from the rigidification of the aliphatic chains of the amine, which takes precedence over the oligomerization of the inorganic backbone. This result highlights that the control of the rheological properties of organometallic gels remains mainly governed by the choice of the amine. Rigidification of the aliphatic chain takes precedence over the oligomerization of the inorganic backbone. The aliphatic chain length of the amine governs the gelation time.
ISSN:1439-4235
1439-7641
DOI:10.1002/cphc.202300077