Imprint Coating: A Novel Synthesis of Selective Functionalized Ordered Mesoporous Sorbents

Sheng Dai; Mark C Burleigh; Yongsoon Shin; Charles C Morrow; Craig E Barnes; Ziling Xue

doi:10.1002/(SICI)1521-3773(19990503)38:9<1235::AID-ANIE1235>3.0.CO;2-X

Imprint Coating: A Novel Synthesis of Selective Functionalized Ordered Mesoporous Sorbents

Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 1999 May 3;38(9):1235-1239. doi: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-3773(19990503)38:9<1235::AID-ANIE1235>3.0.CO;2-X.

Authors

Sheng Dai¹, Mark C Burleigh¹, Yongsoon Shin¹, Charles C Morrow¹, Craig E Barnes², Ziling Xue²

Affiliations

¹ Chemical Technology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, P.O. Box 2008, Oak Ridge, TN 37831-6181 (USA), Fax: (+1) 423-574-6843.
² Department of Chemistry, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996-1600 (USA).

Abstract

Molecular imprinting of surfaces of mesoporous sorbents is a novel method for introducing template-selective recognition sites. This method makes use of the unique surface environment of hexagonally packed mesopore surfaces of selected pore sizes (see the schematic representation) and coats such surfaces with functional ligands by binding to a metal ion template.

Keywords: Mesophases; Mesoporosity; Molecular recognition; Surface chemistry; Template synthesis.