title: Novel nanoporous hybrid organic-inorganic silica containing iminodiethanol chelating groups inside the channel pores.
abstract: Novel nanoporous hybrid organic-inorganic silica with covalently bound iminodiethanol chelating groups inside the channel pores has been synthesized by template-directed co-condensation of tetraethoxysilane (TEOS) and organo-trimethoxysilane (CH3O)3SiR [IDES, R = (HOCH2CH2)2NCH2CH(OH)CH2O(CH2)3], and is shown to be very efficient in recovery of germanium and antimony oxides from water.
authors.affiliation: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA.
authors.forename: Chunqing
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Nathaniel
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Naismith
authors.forename: Lei
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Fu
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Economy