Supporting Information

Alkoxysilane-SiO2 Hybrids. A Concerted Picture of Temperature Effects in

Vapor Phase Functionalization

Guido Soliveri,a,b Valentina Pifferi,a,b Rita Annunziata,a Luca Rimoldi,a Valentina Aina,c

Giuseppina Cerrato,c Luigi Falciola,a,b Giuseppe Cappelletti,a,b Daniela Meronia,b*

a
Dipartimento di Chimica, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Golgi 19, 20133 Milano, Italy
b
Consorzio Interuniversitario Nazionale per la Scienza e la Tecnologia dei Materiali (INSTM), Via

Giusti 9, 50121 Firenze, Italy

c
Dipartimento di Chimica & NIS Interdepartmental Centre Università degli Studi di Torino, Via P.

Giuria 7, 10125 Torino, Italy

* corresponding author; e-mail: daniela.meroni@unimi.it

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Table S1. Structures of the studied triethoxyalkylsilanes.

name structure abbreviation

triethoxy(octyl)silane Octyl(H)

1H,1H,2H,2H-
Octyl(F)
perfluorooctyltriethoxysilane

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 free OHs
silica overtones

d
Absorbance / a.u.
HOH

4000 3800 3600 3400 3200 3000 2800 2000 1800 1600 1400
-1
Wavenumbers / cm

Figure S1. FTIR spectrum of the unfunctionalized silica.

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 T2 Q3
2
T1 Q Q4
T3

-30 -40 -50 -60 -70 -80 -80 -90 -100 -110 -120 -130
δ / ppm δ / ppm
Figure S2. Fitting analysis of the T and Q signals of the H_150 sample.

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