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Commissariat &#xc0; L'&#xc9;nergie Atomique Et Aux &#xc9;nergies Alternatives

Commissariat a L'energie Atomique

Safran Electronics & Defense

Europrotect France Sa

Université Pierre Et Marie Curie (Paris Vi)

Université Paris—sud

Université Pierre Et Marie Curie

Centre National De La Recherche Scientifique-cnrs

Thu-Hoa Tran-Thi

Ana Borta

Sabine Crunaire

Franck Tirard

Philippe Charton

Eva Grinenval

Mickael Gineys

Marie-Pierre Som

Frédéric Hammel

Laurent Mugherli

Trung-Hieu Nguyen

Mathieu Dupoy

Clement Sanchez

Pierre Marcoux

Lionel Nicole

Sébastien Chatard

Clarisse Tran

Jean-Luc Wojkiewicz

Philippe Banet

Peter Hesemann

Hélène Paolacci

Loic Legagneux

Thi Dinh Nguyen

Julien Garcia

Laure-Hélène Guillemot

William Bamogo

Christophe Theron

Ludovic Caillat

Helene Paolacci

A method for preparing a nanoporous silica sol-gel matrix containing at least one amine reactant selected from hydroxylamine, methylhydroxylamine, tertbutylhydroxylamine, methoxyamine, tetraethylenepentamine, dicarboxylic acid dihydrazides, particularly adipic acid dihydrazide, and the salts thereof, said method including the following steps: a) synthesising a gel from tetramethoxysilane or from a mixture of tetramethoxysilane and another organosilicon precursor selected from among phenyltrimethoxysilane, phenyltriethoxysilane, a fluoroalkyltrimethoxysilane, a fluoroalkyltriethoxysilane, a chloroalkylmethoxysilane, a chloroalkylethoxysilane, an alkyltrimethoxysilane, an alkyltriethoxysilane, an aminopropyltriethoxysilane and the mixtures thereof, the synthesis being performed in an aqueous medium at a temperature ranging from 10 to 70° C. in the presence of at least one amine reactant selected from among hydroxylamine, methylhydroxylamine, tertbutylhydroxylamine, methoxyamine, dicarboxylic acid dihydrazides, particularly adipic acid dihydrazide, and the salts thereof; b) drying the gel obtained during step a) so as to obtain a sol-gel matrix containing at least one amine reactant.

Preparation of new aldehyde and/or ketone traps and filters

A method for preparing a monolithic nanoporous silicate sol-gel material for modulating the pore size distribution for one single starting composition without the addition of a structuring agent. The method includes the following steps: a) synthesising a gel from at least one organosilylated precursor, the synthesis being carried out in an aqueous medium, optionally including an organic solvent and without a structuring agent, and b) drying the gel obtained in step a) at a temperature between 10° C. and 70° C., preferably between 15° C. and 55° C. and more preferably between 20° C. and 40° C., in a gas flow in a drying chamber to obtain a monolithic nanoporous silicate sol-gel material and a residual relative humidity in the drying chamber of between 0.1 and 20%, preferably between 0.5 and 10% and more preferably about 5%.

Method for preparing a monolithic nanoporous silicate sol-gel material

A method for coating a textile material, said method includes the following steps: a) incorporating activated carbon in powder form into a coating composition including an aqueous solvent and at least one organosilicon precursor, wherein the organosilicon precursor represents from 5 to 50% by volume relative to the whole of the aqueous solvent and organosilicon precursor, b) impregnating the textile material with the coating composition by padding and c) drying the impregnated textile material, characterised in that the coating composition contains no polycarboxylic acid or catalyst.

Method for coating textile materials

A method for preparing a nanoporous silica sol-gel matrix containing at least one amine reactant selected from hydroxylamine, methylhydroxylamine, tertbutylhydroxylamine, methoxyamine, tetraethylenepentamine, dicarboxylic acid dihydrazides, particularly adipic acid dihydrazide, and the salts thereof, said method including the following steps: a) synthesising a gel from tetramethoxysilane or from a mixture of tetramethoxysilane and another organosilicon precursor selected from among phenyltrimethoxysilane, phenyltriethoxysilane, a fluoroalkyltrimethoxysilane, a fluoroalkyltriethoxysilane, a chloroalkylmethoxysilane, a chloroalkylethoxysilane, an alkyltrimethoxysilane, an alkyltriethoxysilane, an aminopropyltriethoxysilane and the mixtures thereof, the synthesis being performed in an aqueous medium at a temperature ranging from 10 to 70&#xb0; C. in the presence of at least one amine reactant selected from among hydroxylamine, methylhydroxylamine, tertbutylhydroxylamine, methoxyamine, dicarboxylic acid dihydrazides, particularly adipic acid dihydrazide, and the salts thereof; b) drying the gel obtained during step a) so as to obtain a sol-gel matrix containing at least one amine reactant.

The invention relates to a method for the coating of a textile material, said method comprising the following steps: d) providing a coating composition comprising an aqueous solvent and an organosilicon precursor; e) impregnating the textile material with the coating composition by means of pad finishing; f) drying the impregnated textile material; characterized in that the coating composition contains no polycarboxylic acid or catalyst.

Method for sol-gel coating of textile materials

A method for producing a core-shell hybrid material made of an activated carbon core surrounded by a mesoporous silica sol-gel shell, the method including the formation of a mesoporous silica sol-gel shell around activated carbon particles. Also, the core-shell hybrid material formed by the method, and its use as a filtering material in filtering systems.

Method for producing core-shell hybrid materials

Monolithic nanoporous material, which is self-standing (i.e. self-supported or cohesive), solid and transparent, essentially devoid of cracks, transparent to UV radiation, obtained by the Sol-Gel process, the material having a basic nature and including a reagent capable of generating a stained product by forming a bond with phenol, a basic compound or mixture of basic compounds and a compound or mixture of oxidant compounds, method for preparation and use in the detection and in the selective depollution of phenol or one of its derivatives.

Material for detecting phenol derivatives and applications thereof

A liquid reagent composition for detecting phenol or phenol derivatives includes a reagent capable of generating a stained product by forming a bond with phenol, an oxidant compound or mixture of oxidant compounds, a basic compound or mixture of basic compounds. The ratio of [stained reagent]:[oxidant compound] is 1:2 to 50:1, having a pH greater than 7. Also disclosed is a kit for the use of the composition and liquid-phase method for analysing a fluid potentially containing phenol or a phenol derivatives.

Liquid phase phenol analysis

Porous sol-gel material essentially consisting of units of one or more first polyalkoxysilanes chosen from the following compounds: (chloromethyl)triethoxysilane; 1,3-dimethyltetramethoxydisiloxane; ethyltrimethoxysilane; triethoxy(ethyl)silane; triethoxymethylsilane; triethoxy(vinyl)silane; trimethoxymethylsilane; trimethoxy(vinyl)silane; tetraethoxysilane or tetramethoxysilane (TMOS) and of units of one or more second polyalkoxysilanes chosen from the following compounds: (N-(3-(trimethoxysilyl)propyl)ethylenediamine; 3-aminopropyltriethoxysilane (APTES) and 3-aminopropyltrimethoxysilane, in a first polyalkoxysilane/second polyalkoxysilane molar ratio of 1/0.01 to 1/1, optionally comprising a probe molecule, method of preparation and applications in the trapping of monocyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and other pollutants or in their detection.

Nanoporous detectors of monocyclic aromatic compounds and other pollutants

Method for classifying the presence or absence of a microorganism in a biological medium

The invention relates to a multifunctional detector for gaseous compounds, or mixtures of gaseous compounds, selected from NHCl, NHCl, NCl, total chlorine, NOx, where x=1 or 2, O, and X, where X=Cl, Br, or I, in a sample, said detector including a first sensor including an iodide and a reactive compound selected from starch, amylose, amylopectin, xyloglucan, xylan, chitosan, glycogen, polyvinyl alcohol, cellulose or a cellulose compound, &#x3b1;-cyclodextrin, theobromine, and polypropylene block polymers and polyethylene oxide block polymers, included in a block of sol-gel material that is absorbent in the UV spectrum but not in the visible spectrum. The invention also relates to the uses of said detector.

Multifunctional sol-gel detector for gaseous compounds and detection and trapping methods therewith

What is provided includes a porous sol-gel material whose intrinsic pH is lower than 1 and comprising at least one probe molecule chosen from the group consisting of croconic acid, p-dimethyl-aminobenzaldehyde (DMABA), p-dimethyl aminocinnamaldehyde (DMACA), p-methoxybenzaldehyde (MOB) and 4-methoxy-1-naphtaldehyde (MON). In addition, a detection system containing the porous sol-gel material and a method of preparation and use of the porous sol-gel material for trapping and/or detecting and optionally quantifying at least one chemical compound such as indole and indole compounds are provided.

Material and method for trapping, detecting and quantifying heterocyclic aromatic compounds and others

Porous sol-gel material essentially consisting of units of one or more first polyalkoxysilanes chosen from the following compounds: (chloromethyl)triethoxysilane; 1,3-dimethyltetramethoxydisiloxane; ethyl trimethoxysilane; triethoxy(ethyl)silane; triethoxymethylsilane; triethoxy(vinyl)silane; trimethoxymethylsilane; trimethoxy(vinyl)silane; tetraethoxysilane or tetramethoxysilane (TMOS) and of units of one or more second polyalkoxysilanes chosen from the following compounds: (N-(3-(trimethoxysilyl)propyl)ethylenediamine; 3-aminopropyltriethoxysilane (APTES) and 3-aminopropyltrimethoxysilane, in a first polyalkoxysilane/second polyalkoxysilane molar ratio of 1/0.01 to 1/1, optionally comprising a probe molecule, method of preparation and applications in the trapping of monocyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and other pollutants or in their detection.

Process for detecting a gaseous compound of BX, HX or Xtype within a gas using a composition containing a probe molecule, characterized in that the probe molecule is a molecule for which the reaction with one or more compounds of BX, HX or Xtype leads to a variation of at least one of its physicochemical properties, this variation being measurable via a suitable analysis technique, and in that the following steps are carried out in this order: (a) measurement of said physicochemical property of the probe molecule, such as a spectral property, (b) bringing the gas into contact with the composition containing the probe molecule from step (a), (c) repeat measurement of said physicochemical property, (d) correlation of the variation of said spectral property between steps (a) and (c) in the presence of said gaseous compound of BX, HX or Xtype, the measurement of the physicochemical property from step (a) possibly being a prior step, process for trapping gaseous compounds of BX, HX or Xtype contained in a gas, material capable of reacting with at least one compound of BX, HX or Xtype in gaseous form and sensor for compounds of BX, HX or Xtype.

Process for detecting gaseous halogenated compounds

The invention concerns a method for detecting and/or assaying and/or capturing at least one aldehyde, preferably formaldehyde, including a step of contacting a gas stream with a material comprising a nonporous metal oxide sol-gel matrix, said matrix containing at least one probe molecule bearing at least one reactive function capable of reacting with at least one aldehyde function. The invention also concerns the material for implementing said method, a method for preparing same, and sensors incorporating such materials.

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