title: Molecular rotors in hierarchically ordered mesoporous organosilica frameworks.
abstract: Diphenylene moieties, molecularly ordered in the framework of periodic mesoporous organosilicas, behave as molecular rotors and show a mobility with correlation times as short as a few nanoseconds.
authors.affiliation: Department of Materials Science, University of Milano Bicocca and INSTM, Via R. Cozzi 53, 20125, Milano, Italy.
authors.forename: Silvia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bracco
authors.forename: Angiolina
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Comotti
authors.forename: Patrizia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Valsesia
authors.forename: Bradley F
authors.initials: BF
authors.lastname: Chmelka
authors.forename: Piero
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sozzani
mesh_terms: D001713:Biphenyl Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D008958:Models, Molecular; D009038:Motion; D017646:Organosilicon Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D016062:Porosity; D012015:Reference Standards; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013696:Temperature
chemical_list: D001713:Biphenyl Compounds; D017646:Organosilicon Compounds