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The authors thank the Laboratory Directed Research and Development program at the Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL) for funding. We thank Dr. Fernando Fondeur for collection and interpretation of the FT-IR spectra and Dr. John Seaman of the Savannah River Ecology Laboratory for the use of the DLS instrument for particle size measurements. We also thank the Dr. Daniel Chan of the University of Washington and the National Institute of Health (Grant #1R01DE021373-01), for funding experiments investigating the ion exchange reactions with Au(III). The Savannah River National Laboratory is operated by Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, LLC for the Department of Energy under contract DE-AC09-08SR22470.

1. Synthesis of Nano-monosodium Titanate (nMST)
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	<li>Prepare 10 ml of solution #1 by adding 0.58 ml of 25 wt % sodium methoxide solution to 7.62 ml of isopropanol followed by 1.8 ml of titanium isopropoxide.</li>
	<li>Prepare 10 ml of solution #2 by adding 0.24 ml of ultrapure water to 9.76 ml of isopropanol.</li>
	<li>Add 280 ml of isopropanol to a 3-neck 500-ml round bottom flask, followed by 0.44 ml of Triton X-100 (average MW: 625 g/mol). Stir the solution well with a magnetic stir bar.</li>
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The presence of extraneous water, for example from impure reagents, can alter the outcome of the reaction, leading to larger or more polydisperse particles. Therefore, care should be taken to ensure dry reactants are used. The titanium isopropoxide and sodium methoxide should be stored in a desiccator when not in use. High purity isopropanol should also be used for the synthesis.
Temperature was found to play a key role in the conversion of the product from a gel to particulate form. TEM image...

Titanium dioxide and alkali metal titanates are widely used in a variety of applications such as pigments in paint and skin care products and as photocatalysts in energy conversion and utilization.1-3 Sodium titanates have been shown to be effective materials to remove a range of cations over a wide range of pH conditions through cation exchange reactions.4-7
In addition to the applications just described, micron-sized sodium titanates and sodium peroxotitanates have recently been shown to also serve as a therapeutic metal delivery platform. In this application, therapeutic metal ions such as Au(III), Au(I), and Pt(II) are exchanged for the sodium ions of monosodium titanate (MST). In vitro tests with the noble metal-exchanged titanates indicate suppression of the growth of cancer and bacterial cells by an unknown mechanism.8,9
Historically, sodium titanates have been produced using both sol-gel and hydrothermal synthetic techniques resulting in fine powders with particle sizes ranging from a few to several hundred microns.4,5,10,11 More recently, synthetic methods have been reported that produced nanosize titanium dioxide, metal-doped titanium oxides, and a variety of other metal titanates. Examples include sodium titanium oxide nanotubes (NaTONT) or nanowires by reaction of titanium dioxide in excess sodium hydroxide at elevated temperature and pressure,12-14 sodium titanate nanofibers by reaction of peroxotitanic acid with excess sodium hydroxide at elevated temperature and pressure,15 and sodium and cesium titanate nanofibers by delamination of acid-exchanged micron-sized titanates.16
The synthesis of nanosize sodium titanates and sodium peroxotitanates is of interest to enhance ion exchange kinetics, which are typically controlled by film diffusion or intraparticle diffusion. These mechanisms are largely controlled by the particle size of the ion exchanger. In addition, as a therapeutic metal delivery platform, the particle size of the titanate material would be expected to significantly affect the nature of the interaction between the metal-exchanged titanate and the cancer and bacterial cells. For example, bacterial cells, which are typically on the order of 0.5 &#8211; 2 &#181;m, would likely have different interactions with micron size particles versus nanosized particles. In addition, non-phagocytic eukaryotic cells have been shown to only internalize particles with a size of less than 1 micron.17 Thus, the synthesis of nanosize sodium titanates is also of interest to facilitate metal delivery and cellular uptake from the titanate delivery platform. Reducing the size of sodium titanates and peroxotitanates will also increase the effective capacity in metal ion separations and enhance photochemical properties of the material.16,18 This paper describes a protocol developed to synthesize nanosize monosodium titanate (nMST) under mild sol-gel conditions.19 The preparation of the corresponding peroxide modified nMST; along with an ion-exchange reaction to load the nMST with Au(III) are also described.

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			<td>Isopropyl alcholol, 99.9%</td>
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			<td>650447</td>
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			<td>Sodium methoxide in methanol</td>
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			<td>156256</td>
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			<td>Triton X-100</td>
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			<td>T9284</td>
			<td>BioXtra</td>
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			<td>hydrogen tetrachloroaurate(III) trihydrate</td>
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			<td>G4022</td>
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			<td>hydrogen peroxide (30 wt%)</td>
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			<td>H325</td>
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			<td>10-mL syringes</td>
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			<td>14-823-16E</td>
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			<td>Dual channel syringe pump</td>
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			<td>Tygon tubing 1/8 inch ID, 1/4 inch OD</td>
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			<td>0.1-&#181;m Nylon filter</td>
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synthesis and reaction chemistry of nanosize monosodium titanate

This paper describes the synthesis and peroxide-modification of nanosize monosodium titanate (nMST), along with an ion-exchange reaction to load the material with Au(III) ions. The synthesis method was derived from a sol-gel process used to produce micron-sized monosodium titanate (MST), with several key modifications, including altering reagent concentrations, omitting a particle seed step, and introducing a non-ionic surfactant to facilitate control of particle formation and growth. The resultant nMST material exhibits spherical-shaped particle morphology with a monodisperse distribution of particle diameters in the range from 100 to 150&#160;nm. The nMST material was found to have a Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) surface area of 285 m2g-1, which is more than an order of magnitude higher than the micron-sized MST. The isoelectric point of the nMST measured 3.34 pH units, which is a pH unit lower than that measured for the micron-size MST. The nMST material was found to serve as an effective ion exchanger under weakly acidic conditions for the preparation of an Au(III)-exchange nanotitanate. In addition, the formation of the corresponding peroxotitanate was demonstrated by reaction of the nMST with hydrogen peroxide.

MST is synthesized using a sol-gel method in which tetraisopropoxytitanium(IV) (TIPT), sodium methoxide, and water are combined and reacted in isopropanol to form seed particles of MST.4 Micron-sized particles are then grown by controlled addition of additional quantities of the reagents. The resultant particles feature an amorphous core and an outer fibrous region having dimensions of about 10 nm wide by 50 nm in length.20
Figure 1A shows a typical parti...

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Synthesis and Reaction Chemistry of Nanosize Monosodium Titanate

The surfactant mediated sol-gel synthesis of nanosized monosodium titanate is described, along with preparation of the corresponding peroxide modified material. An ion-exchange reaction with Au(III) is also presented.

This paper describes the synthesis and peroxide-modification of nanosize monosodium titanate (nMST), along with an ion-exchange reaction to load the ...

The overall goal of the following experiment is to prepare nanosized sodium titanate materials including peroxide-modified and gold(III)loaded materials. This is achieved by first performing a surfactant-mediated sol-gel synthesis to prepare nanosized monosodium titanate particles in the range of 100 to 150 nanometers. As a second step, the nanosized monosodium titanate can be treated with hydrogen peroxide which converts a portion of the material to a peroxotitanate form.Next, an ion-exchange reaction can be performed to prepare metal-loaded titanates for various applications. An example is the addition of a solution of gold(III)chloride to the nanotitanate to produce the corresponding gold(III)exchanged titanate. Results are obtained that show spherical particles in the range of 100 to 150 nanometers can be prepared using the method, based on electron microscopy imaging and dynamic light scattering measurements.We first had the idea for this method when we began looking at the application of titanates in the biomedical field where particle size becomes more important. This method can be extended to materials normally synthesized using sol-gel techniques, allowing materials with a range of different particle sizes to be prepared. Nanosized particles, monosodium titanate, provide the opportunity to improve ion exchange performance due to their higher surface area to volume ratio.Use of metal exchange titanates as bactericides can be enhanced with nanosized materials. To begin the synthesis of nano monosodium titanate, or nMST, first add 0.58 milliliters of 25 weight percent sodium methoxide solution to 7.62 milliliters of isopropanol followed by 1.8 milliliters of titanium isopropoxide. Label the solution number one.Next, add 0.24 milliliters of ultra-pure water to 9.76 milliliters of isopropanol to make solution number two. Add 0.44 milliliters of Triton X-100 to 280 milliliters of isopropanol in a three-neck flask and stir well with a magnetic stirrer. Fit the syringe ends with tubing of sufficient length to deliver the solutions below the level of the liquid in the flask and load solutions one and two into two separate syringes.Next, place the syringes into a dual-channel syringe pump and deliver the solutions at a rate of 0.333 milliliters per minute to the flask. After addition, cap the flask and continue stirring for 24 hours at room temperature. Afterwards, uncap the flask and heat the mixture to reflux for 45 to 90 minutes.Purge the flask with nitrogen and add ultra-pure water in portions to replace evaporated isopropanol as heating is continued. After most of the isopropanol has evaporated and the volume of water added has reached approximately 50 milliliters, remove the heat from the flask and allow the mixture to cool. Filter the product through a 0.1 micron nylon filter paper and wash it several times with water.Finally, transfer the slurry from the filter into a pre-weighed bottle and store it at ambient temperature. To determine the yield, weigh an aliquot of the aqueous slurry before and after drying. To perform the exchange with gold(III)ions, first transfer 6.50 grams of the 4.23 weight percent slurry of nMST to a 50 milliliter centrifuge tube.Next, add about one milliliter of water to 0659 grams of hydrogen tetrachloro gold(III)trihydrate in a one dram glass vial. Transfer the solution to the centrifuge tube. Continue by rinsing the glass vial with water and adding it to the tube.Repeat this several times to ensure that all of the gold reagent is transferred. Add water to the tube to bring the total volume up to 11 milliliters. Wrap the tube in foil and then tumble it on a shaker for a minimum of four days.After tumbling the mixture, centrifuge the tube for 15 minutes. Discard the supernatant and re-suspend the solids in distilled water. Centrifuge the sample again and repeat the washing procedure twice more.Finally, re-suspend the solids in water and store in the dark at room temperature. To prepare peroxotitanate, begin by adding five grams of a 9.8 weight percent slurry of nMST to a flask and stir the slurry magnetically. Continue by adding dropwise 0.154 grams of a 30 weight percent hydrogen peroxide solution to the flask, which induces a color change from white to yellow.Continue stirring the mixture at ambient temperature for 24 hours. Next, filter the product through a 0.1 micron nylon filter paper and was the product several times with water to remove any un-reacted hydrogen peroxide. Finally, transfer the slurry from the filter into a pre-weighed bottle and store the aqueous slurry of peroxotitanate at ambient temperature.Shown here is a typical particle size distribution as measured by dynamic light scattering using the established sol-gel method. Note that this synthesis produces a multimodal distribution of particles with the majority around one micrometer. When reaction conditions that aimed to reduce the particle size of the monosodium titanate were employed, which involved removing the seeding step and using more dilute reagents, this resulted in a bimodal distribution of particle sizes centered at 50 to 100 nanometers and 500 nanometers after 24 hours.After 48 hours, a trimodal distribution of particles measuring up to 1000 nanometers was observed, as demonstrated in this graph. Importantly, the addition of Triton X-100 during the synthesis of nMST is critical for producing an almost uniform particle size distribution as measured by dynamic light scattering. Transmission and scanning electron microscopy showed that the Triton X-100 produced nMST particles at a more uniform size and morphology when compared to those of monosodium titanate.The surface modification of nMST particles by hydrogen peroxide was confirmed by the appearance of an absorption band at 883 wave numbers in its Fourier transform infrared spectrum. After its development, this technique paved the way for researchers in the field of biological applications of inorganic materials to explore the use of nanotitanates to deliver therapeutic metals and the metal exchange titanates to service bactericides. After watching this video, you should have good understanding of how to prepare nanoscale particles of monosodium titanate along with the peroxide-modified and metal-loaded forms.Remember that working with flammable solvents and reagents can be extremely hazardous. Precautions should be taken to prevent the buildup of flammable vapors. It is recommended that sol-gel synthesis be carried out in a chemical fume hood.

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