title: Synthesis and characterization of photoluminescent vinylbiphenyl decorated polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxanes.
abstract: Grubbs cross-metathesis has been used to functionalize octavinylsilsesquioxane with fluorescent vinylbiphenyl-modified chromophores to design new hybrid organic-inorganic nanomaterials. Those macromolecules have been characterized by NMR, microanalyses, MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry and photoluminescence. This last method was shown to be an interesting tool in the analysis of the purity of the cube derivatives.
authors.affiliation: EaStCHEM, School of Chemistry, University of St. Andrews, St. Andrews, Fife, KY16 9ST, UK.
authors.forename: Nicolas R
authors.initials: NR
authors.lastname: Vautravers
authors.forename: Pascal
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: André
authors.forename: A M Z
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Slawin
authors.forename: David J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Cole-Hamilton