I synthesized nano silica from water glass, HCL and CTAB by precipitation method. now I want to modify them and make them hydrophobic in order to use them in superhydrophobic RTV coatings.
In order to make superhydrophobic silica, the surface hydroxyl group of nano silica can be modified with long Carbon-chain containing silane coupling agents like n-octadecyltrichlrosilane, dodecyltrichlorosilane etc.
for more information,
Kansara, A. M., Chaudhri, S. G., & Singh, P. S. (2016). A facile one-step preparation method of recyclable superhydrophobic polypropylene membrane for oil–water separation. RSC Advances, 6(66), 61129-61136.
There are a number of articles published on this. I have synthesized Si-HMDS by dispersing Silica in toluene and then adding the HMDS/toluene reagent to the dispersion under reflux conditions. You will find more information here: Article Stabilization of Oil-in-Water Emulsions with Non-Interfacial...