title: Sol-gel microspheres doped with glycerol: a structural insight in light of forthcoming applications in the polyurethane foam industry.
abstract: Invited for this months cover are the groups of Professor Mario Pagliaro at the Istituto per lo Studio dei Materiali Nanostrutturati in Palermo and Professor Laura Ilharco at the Instituto Superior Técnico in Lisboa. The cover picture shows a- GreenCaps- microcapsule breaking and releasing encapsulated glycerol after the organosilica microspheres are sprayed from a pressurized polyurethane foam can. This shows how glycerol acts as a solid curing agent, promoting crosslinking of partially polymerized diphenylmethane diisocyanate. For more details, see the Full Paper on p. 120 ff.
authors.affiliation: Istituto per lo Studio dei Materiali Nanostrutturati (CNR via U. La Malfa 153, 90146, Palermo, (Italy).
authors.forename: Rosaria
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ciriminna
authors.affiliation: Centro de Química-Física Molecular and Institute of Nanoscience & Nanotechnology (IN, Instituto Superior Técnico Complexo I, Av. Rovisco Pais 1, 1049-001, Lisboa, (Portugal).
authors.forename: Alexandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fidalgo
authors.affiliation: Centro de Química-Física Molecular and Institute of Nanoscience & Nanotechnology (IN, Instituto Superior Técnico Complexo I, Av. Rovisco Pais 1, 1049-001, Lisboa, (Portugal).
authors.forename: Laura M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Ilharco
authors.affiliation: Istituto per lo Studio dei Materiali Nanostrutturati (CNR via U. La Malfa 153, 90146, Palermo, (Italy).
authors.forename: Mario
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pagliaro