Formation of two- and three-dimensional hybrid mesostructures from branched siloxane molecules.
We report the design of a new precursor having three branching disiloxane units capable of forming 3D mesostructures with a cubic Pm-3n and its orthorhombic and tetragonal variants Cmmm and P4(2)/mnm, in addition to a conventional 2D hexagonal (p6mm) mesostructure, thus creating a novel research area of mesostructural design in silica-organic nanohybrid materials.
Sakamoto
Shigeru
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Department of Applied Chemistry, Waseda University, Ohkubo-3, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 169-8555, Japan.
Shimojima
Atsushi
A
Miyasaka
Keiichi
K
Ruan
Juanfang
J
Terasaki
Osamu
O
Kuroda
Kazuyuki
K