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Mesoporous Silica Powder for Dental Restoration Composites from Rice Husk: A Green Sol–Gel Synthesis

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Morphologically organized non-crystalline silica powder was synthesized from rice husk by a green sol–gel route. Amorphous sphere-shaped silica powder with a surface area of ~ 370 m2 g−1, particle size in the range of 70–250 nm and pore size of ~ 8 nm was synthesized using sodium silicate extracted from rice husk at most favourable conditions and adding up of phosphoric acid. The degree of accumulation of the mesoporous particles was extremely reliant on sodium silicate predecessor concentration, solvent and pH. For the characterization of silica powder, various techniques were used such as X-ray diffraction (XRD), energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) and N2 adsorption/desorption, and the morphology of the mesoporous powder was characterized via scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The synthesis method adopted was kept green and ecofriendly. The end product silica is a favourable choice in dental composite production.

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  1. Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, Taibah University, 41481, Al-Madinah Al-Munawarrah, Saudi Arabia

    Rayees Ahmad Shiekh

  2. Faculty of Agro Based Industry, Universiti Malaysia Kelantan, Campus Jeli, Locked Bag No. 100, 17600, Jeli, Kelantan, Malaysia

    Visweswara Rao Pasupuleti

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  1. Universiti Putra Malaysia Forestry, Selangor, Malaysia

    Khalid Rehman Hakeem

  2. Biocomposite Technology Laboratory, Universiti Putra Malaysia Biocomposite Tech, INTROP, Selangor, Malaysia

    Mohammad Jawaid

  3. Department of Chemical Engineering, King Saud University College of Engineering, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

    Othman Y. Alothman

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Shiekh, R., Pasupuleti, V. (2015). Mesoporous Silica Powder for Dental Restoration Composites from Rice Husk: A Green Sol–Gel Synthesis. In: Hakeem, K., Jawaid, M., Y. Alothman, O. (eds) Agricultural Biomass Based Potential Materials. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-13847-3_12

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