Butoxylated silica nanoparticles (BSN) were prepared by esterification of the silanol groups of fumed silica
nanoparticles with butanol. These particles were characterized by FTIR, BET, TEM, and TOC. BSN suspensions
in water:acetonitrile mixtures were used as quenchers of benzophenone (BP) phosphorescence in time-resolved
experiments at the excitation wavelengths of 266 and 337 nm. The phosphorescence signals obtained in the
presence of the nanoparticles were fitted to biexponential decays. Both decays were accelerated in the presence
of increasing amounts of BSN. A model including the reversible adsorption of BP on BSN and supported by
computer simulations accounts for the observed results.
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