Probing Interactions of γ-Alumina with Water via Multinuclear Solid-State NMR Spectroscopy.

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Key Laboratory of Mesoscopic Chemistry of Ministry of Education and Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Life Sciences, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China.

Published: March 2020


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Interaction of γ-alumina with water are important in controlling its structure and catalytic properties. We apply solid-state multinuclear NMR spectroscopy to investigate this interaction by monitoring H and O spectra in real-time. Surface-selective detection is made possible by adsorbing O-enriched water on γ-alumina nanorods. Structural evolution on the surface was selectively probed by H/O double resonance NMR and Al NMR at ultrahigh 35.2 T magnetic field. Formation of hydroxyl species on the surface of nanorods is rapid upon the exposure of water, which involves low coordinated aluminum ions with doubly bridging and isolated hydroxyl species being generated first. Fast exchange occurs between oxygen atoms in the water molecules and bare surface sites, indicating high reactivity of these oxygen species. These results provide new insights into the structure and dynamics on the surface of γ-alumina and the methods applied here can be extended to study the interaction of other oxides with water.

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