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Soluble organosilicon micronetworks with spatially confined reaction sites
Author(s) -
Baumann Frank,
Deubzer Bernhard,
Geck Michael,
Dauth Jochen,
Sheiko Sergio,
Schmidt Manfred
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/adma.19970091204
Subject(s) - organosilicon , dispersity , materials science , characterization (materials science) , radius , nanotechnology , chemical engineering , polymer chemistry , computer security , computer science , engineering
Extremely small monodisperse micronetworks have potential applications as molecular containers or reaction vessels. The advantages of the sol‐gel synthesis reported here, involving endcapping with Si‐O‐SiR 3 groups, are pointed out and the characterization of the resulting spherical particles (radius between 5 nm and 20 nm), see Figure, is described. The variety of functional groups and the high density of potential reaction sites are stressed.