Colored organic/inorganic hybrid materials and method for preparing same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11890590-B2
Application number	US-201816480940-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 24, 2018
Priority date	Jan 25, 2017
Publication date	Feb 6, 2024
Grant date	Feb 6, 2024

Abstract

A method for preparing an organic/inorganic hybrid composition including mineral nanoparticles functionalized by at least one molecule chosen from colored charged organic molecules, this method including providing a solution (a) of at least one colored charged organic molecule, providing a suspension (b) of non-swelling phyllosilicate nanoparticles, contacting the solution (a) and the suspension (b), the non-swelling phyllosilicate nanoparticles having a thickness of 1 nm to 100 nm, and a larger dimension of 10 nm to 10 μm. A composition of organic/inorganic hybrid colored nanoparticles obtained by this method is also disclosed.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method for preparing an organic/inorganic hybrid composition comprising non-swelling phyllosilicate nanoparticles having a thickness of 1 nm to 100 nm, and a largest dimension of 10 nm to 10 μm, and at least one molecule chosen from colored charged organic molecules, said organic molecule being adsorbed on the phyllosilicate nanoparticles, this method comprising at least bringing into contact, in a monophasic solvent medium, said at least one colored charged organic molecule with said non-swelling phyllosilicate nanoparticles.

2. The method according to claim 1 , which comprises at least the following steps:
(i) providing a solution (a) of at least one colored charged organic molecule in at least one solvent,
(ii) providing a suspension (b) of non-swelling phyllosilicate nanoparticles in at least one solvent, and
(iii) contacting the solution (a) and the suspension (b), the non-swelling phyllosilicate nanoparticles having a thickness of 1 nm to 100 nm, and a largest dimension of 10 nm to 10 μm.

3. The method according to claim 2 wherein the non-swelling phyllosilicates have one of the following chemical formulas:
(SixGe(1- x )) 4 M 3 O 10 (OH) 2 ,  (I) in which:

x is a real number of the interval [0; 1], and
M denotes at least one divalent metal having the formula Mg y1 Co y2 Zn y3 Cu y4 Mn y5 Fe y6 Ni y7 Cr y8 ; each index y1, y2, y3, y4, y5, y6, y7 and y8 representing a real number of the interval [0; 1], and such that Σ i=1 8 yi=1,

or
(Aly′M′(1- y ′)) 2 (Six′Ge(1- x ′)) 2 O 5 (OH) 4 ,  (II) in which:

M′ denotes at least one trivalent metal chosen from the group formed of gallium
and rare earths,
y′ is a real number of the interval [0; 1], and
x′ is a real number of the interval [0; 1],

or
At(Six″Ge(1- x ″)) 4 M″ k O 10 (OH) 2 ,  (III) in which:

A denotes at least one monovalent cation of a metal element having the formula Li w1 Na w2 K w3 Rb w4 Cs w5 , each w1, w2, w3, w4 and w5 representing a real number of the interval [0; 1] such that Σ i=1 5 wi=1,
x″ is a real number of the interval [0; 1],
M″ denotes at least one divalent metal having the formula Mg j1 Co j2 Zn j3 Cu j4 Mn j5 Fe j6 Ni j7 Cr j8 ; each index j1, j2, j3, j4, j5, j6, j7 and j8 representing a real number of the interval [0; 1], and such that Σ i=1 8 ji=1,

k is a real number in the range [2.50; 2.85], and
t+2 k is a real number of the interval [5.3; 6.0].

4. The method according to claim 2 , in which the colored organic molecule is selected in the group consisting of:
polyphenols,
methylene blue, crystal violet, congo red, porphyrins, eosin Y, eosin B, thiazole orange, acid black 1, acid black 2, eriochrome black T, patent blue V,
an aqueous extract of a colored vegetable fraction,
an aqueous extract of a colored animal fraction,
a product derived from an aqueous extract of a colored vegetable fraction or an aqueous extract of a colored animal fraction, and
mixtures of these colored organic molecules.

5. A hybrid nanoparticle composition comprising at least one non-swelling phyllosilicate and at least one molecule chosen from colored charged organic molecules, said organic molecule being adsorbed on the phyllosilicate, this composition being obtained by the method according to claim 2 .

6. The method according to claim 1 , in which the colored organic molecule is selected in the group consisting of:
polyphenols,
methylene blue, crystal violet, congo red, porphyrins, eosin Y, eosin B, thiazole orange, acid black 1, acid black 2, eriochrome black T, patent blue V,
an aqueous extract of a colored vegetable fraction,
an aqueous extract of a colored animal fraction,
a product derived from an aqueous extract of a colored vegetable fraction or an aqueous extract of a colored animal fraction, and
mixtures of these colored organic molecules.

7. The method according to claim 1 wherein the non-swelling phyllosilicates have one of the following chemical formulas:
(SixGe(1- x )) 4 M 3 O 10 (OH) 2 ,  (I) in which:

x is a real number of the interval [0; 1], and
M denotes at least one divalent metal having the formula Mg y1 Co y2 Zn y3 Cu y4 Mn y5 Fe y6 Ni y7 Cr y8 ; each index y1, y2, y3, y4, y5, y6, y7 and y8 representing a real number of the interval [0; 1], and such that Σ i=1 8 i=yi=1,

or
(Aly′M′(1- y ′)) 2 (Six′Ge(1- x ′)) 2 O 5 (OH) 4 ,  (II) in which:

M′ denotes at least one trivalent metal chosen from the group formed of gallium and rare earths,
y′ is a real number of the interval [0; 1], and
x′ is a real number of the interval [0; 1],

or
At(Six″Ge(1- x ″)) 4 M″ k O 10 (OH) 2 ,  (III) in which:

A denotes at least one monovalent cation of a metal element having the formula Li w1 Na w2 K w3 Rb w4 Cs w5 each w1, w2, w3, w4 and w5 representing a real number of the interval [0; 1] such that Σ i=1 5 wi=1,
x″ is a real number of the interval [0; 1],
M″ denotes at least one divalent metal having the formula Mg j1 Co j2 Zn j3 Cu j4 Mn j5 Fe j6 Ni j7 Cr j8 ; each index j1, j2, j3, j4, j5, j6, j7 and j8 representing a real number of the interval [0; 1], and such that Σ i=1 8 ji=1,

k is a real number in the range [2.50; 2.85], and
t+2 k is a real number of the interval [5.3; 6.0].

8. The method according to claim 7 , in which the colored organic molecule is selected in the group consisting of:
polyphenols,
methylene blue, crystal violet, congo red, porphyrins, eosin Y, thiazole orange, acid black 1, acid black 2, eriochrome black T, patent blue V,
an aqueous extract of a colored vegetable fraction,
an aqueous extract of a colored animal fraction,
a product derived from an aqueous extract of a colored vegetable fraction or an aqueous extract of a colored animal fraction, and
mixtures of these colored organic molecules.

9. The method according to claim 7 , in which the non-swelling phyllosilicates are formed of a stack of elementary sheets:
of 2:1 phyllosilicate and of chemical formula Si 4 M 3 O 10 (OH) 2 ,

or
of 1:1 phyllosilicate and of chemical formula Al 2 Si 2 O 5 (OH) 4 —,

or
of 2:1 phyllosilicate and of chemical formula K Si 4 Mg 2.5 O 10 (OH) 2 (IIId) or K 0.8 Si 4 Mg 26 O 10 (OH) 2 (IIIf).

10. The method according to claim 9 , in which the colored organic molecule is selected in the group consisting of:
polyphenols,
methylene blue, crystal violet, congo red, porphyrins, eosin Y, eosin B, thiazole orange, acid black 1, acid black 2, eriochrome black T, patent blue V,

an aqueous extract of a colored vegetable fraction,
an aqueous extract of a colored animal fraction,
a product derived from an aqueous extract of a colored vegetable fraction or an aqueous extract of a colored animal fraction, and
mixtures of these colored organic molecules.

11. The method according to claim 9 , in which the non-swelling phyllosilicates are formed of a stack of elementary sheets of 2:1 phyllosilicate and of chemical formula Si 4 Mg 3 O 10 (OH) 2 .

12. An organic/inorganic hybrid nanoparticle composition comprising at least one non-swelling phyllosilicate having a thickness of 1 nm to 100 nm, and a largest dimension of 10 nm to 10 μm and at least one molecule chosen from colored charged organic molecules, said organic molecule being adsorbed on the phyllosilicate.

13. The composition according to claim 12 , wherein the ratio of organic colored molecule/phyllosilicate is from 0.01% of carbon to 5% of carbon, mass of carbon relative to the mass of phyllosilicate.

14. A method for preparing organic/inorganic hybrid nanoparticles comprising at least one non-swelling phyllosilicate having a

Assignees

• Centre Nat Rech Scient
• Univ Toulouse 3 Paul Sabatier

Inventors

• Martin François
• Le Roux Christophe
• Micoud Pierre
• Fery-Forgues Suzanne
• Aymonier Cyril
• Poirier Mathilde

Classifications

• B01J20/12 Primary

  Naturally occurring clays or bleaching earth · CPC title

• A61K33/00

  Medicinal preparations containing inorganic active ingredients · CPC title

• B01J20/10

  comprising silica or silicate · CPC title

• B01J20/28007

  with size in the range 1-100 nanometers, e.g. nanosized particles, nanofibers, nanotubes, nanowires or the like (carbon nanostructures B01J20/205) · CPC title

• B01J20/28016

  Particle form · CPC title