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Sol-Gel Synthesis, Spectroscopic and Thermal Behavior Study of SiO2/PEG Composites Containing Different Amount of Chlorogenic Acid

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Department of Engineering, University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”, Via Roma 29, I-81031 Aversa, Italy
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Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics and General Pathology, Medical School, University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”, Via L. De Crecchio 7, 80138 Naples, Italy
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Department of Chemistry—“Sapienza”, University of Rome, p.le A.Moro 5, 00185 Rome, Italy
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Department S.B.A.I., Sapienza University of Rome, Via Del Castro Laurenziano 7, 00185 Rome, Italy
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Polymers 2018, 10(6), 682; https://doi.org/10.3390/polym10060682
Received: 31 May 2018 / Revised: 15 June 2018 / Accepted: 16 June 2018 / Published: 19 June 2018
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Siloxane-Based Polymers)
In this work, new phenol-based materials have been synthesized by the sol-gel method, in which different amounts of the phenolic antioxidant chlorogenic acid (CGA) (from 5 wt % to 20 wt %) were embedded in two different silica matrices: pure silica and silica-based hybrids materials, containing 50 wt % of polyethylene glycol (PEG). The incorporation of CGA in different sol-gel matrices might protect them from degradation, which could cause the loss of their properties. The two series of materials were chemically characterized by Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy. In addition, the thermal behavior of both series of materials containing CGA was studied by thermogravimetry under both air and inert N2 flowing gas atmosphere. The bioactivity was evaluated by soaking the synthesized hybrids in a simulated body fluid, showing that the bioactivity of the silica matrix is not modified by the presence of PEG and CGA. View Full-Text
Keywords: sol-gel; hybrids; chlorogenic acid; bioactivity; FTIR; TG sol-gel; hybrids; chlorogenic acid; bioactivity; FTIR; TG
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Catauro, M.; Tranquillo, E.; Risoluti, R.; Vecchio Ciprioti, S. Sol-Gel Synthesis, Spectroscopic and Thermal Behavior Study of SiO2/PEG Composites Containing Different Amount of Chlorogenic Acid. Polymers 2018, 10, 682. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym10060682

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Catauro M, Tranquillo E, Risoluti R, Vecchio Ciprioti S. Sol-Gel Synthesis, Spectroscopic and Thermal Behavior Study of SiO2/PEG Composites Containing Different Amount of Chlorogenic Acid. Polymers. 2018; 10(6):682. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym10060682

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Catauro, Michelina, Elisabetta Tranquillo, Roberta Risoluti, and Stefano Vecchio Ciprioti. 2018. "Sol-Gel Synthesis, Spectroscopic and Thermal Behavior Study of SiO2/PEG Composites Containing Different Amount of Chlorogenic Acid" Polymers 10, no. 6: 682. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym10060682

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