Effect of Surfactants on Stability of Colloidal Sols as Precursors in Sol- Gel Encapsulation

摘要

This paper aims to study the effect of three alkyl quaternary salts on stability of colloidal sols further used as water-insoluble oligomers for encapsulation of an active flavonoid compound -quercitin. The preparation procedure is described and practical remarks on silica-based sol-gels are included. It is also demonstrated how to exploit the sol-gel preparation route in order to improve the thermal resistance of quercitin and to increase an optical function - fluorescence. The evolution in time of competitive hydrolysis and condensation processes has been observed by dynamic light scattering measurements. The sol-gel materials with entrapped quercitin molecule have been characterised by spectral methods (FT-IR, UV-VIS-NIR), fluorescence and by thermal analysis as well. Sol-gel materials doped with active flavonoid compound may be used in preparation of some functional materials with bioactive properties.