title: Nanostructured Silica-Based Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Materials-Evidence for Self-Organization of a Xerogel Prepared by Sol-Gel Polymerization.
abstract: A hydrolytic polycondensation reaction of a rigid, rodlike nonmesomorphous precursor leads to an isotropic sol and then an anisotropic birefringent xerogel (see scheme). Optical and X-ray structural analyses demonstrate a short-range order and the possibility of a crystalline order.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Chimie Moléculaire et Organisation du Solide, UMR 5637, Université Montpellier II, Place E. Bataillon, 34095 Montpellier Cedex 5 (France).
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Boury
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Corriu
authors.lastname: Le Strat V
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Delord
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nobili