One-pot construction of multipodal hybrid periodic mesoporous organosilica nanoparticles with crystal-like architectures

Abstract

The design of hybrid multipodal PMO (mp-PMO) nanoparticles with crystal-like architectures elaborated in a one-pot, two-step process, involving the preparation of a benzene-based spherical PMO core followed by the formation of ethylene-based rod-shaped PMO pods on these cores is described.

Keywords: bridged silsesquioxane; nanoparticles; periodic mesoporous organosilica; porosity; sol-gel.