title: Chiral mesoporous silica: chiral construction and imprinting via cooperative self-assembly of amphiphiles and silica precursors.
abstract: Fabrication of chiral materials and revealing the mechanisms involved in their formation are crucial issues in scientific research. The combination of cooperative self-assembly routes and the chiral templating process favors the formation of inorganic chiral materials with highly ordered mesostructures. This tutorial review highlights the recent research on chiral mesoporous silica (CMS) of hierarchical helical constructions transcribed from organic templates. The rules and mechanisms involved in the synthesis of CMS and related materials, especially the novel expression of chirality and imprinting of helical micellar superstructure by the functional groups immobilized on the mesopore surface, provide us with a deeper insight into the chiral self-assembly process and new strategies for the design and application of chiral materials. This review is addressed to researchers and students interested in chiral chemistry, supramolecular chemistry and mesoporous materials (53 references).
authors.affiliation: School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, Key Laboratory for Thin Film and Microfabrication Technology of the Ministry of Education, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai, 200240, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Huibin
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Qiu
authors.forename: Shunai
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Che
mesh_terms: D043942:Nanotubes / Q000737:chemistry / Q000648:ultrastructure; D016062:Porosity; D012822:Silicon Dioxide / Q000737:chemistry*; D013237:Stereoisomerism
chemical_list: D012822:Silicon Dioxide