Highly ordered hybrid mesoporous bifunctional thin films

Chem Commun (Camb). 2004 Dec 21:(24):2854-5. doi: 10.1039/b413260b. Epub 2004 Oct 26.

Abstract

Highly ordered mixed framework mesoporous cubic (Im3m) thin films of (M(1-x)(Si-R)(x))O(2) bearing organic groups (M = Ti or Zr, R = propylamine, propylthiol or phenyl, x < or = 0.2) are obtained by one-pot dip-coating; a second organic function (R' = hexadecyl, phenyl, thiol) can be added by post-grafting with a molecule presenting a group capable to anchor to the M sites, thus leading to bifunctional accessible mesopores.