Nanostructuring of ionic bridged silsesquioxanes

Amàlia Monge-Marcet, Xavier Cattoën, Philippe Dieudonné, Roser Pleixats, Michel Wong Chi Man

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Abstract

The transformation by hydrolysis/condensation of four new mesityl-(bis or tris)imidazolium-based alkoxysilane precursors into their corresponding bridged silsesquioxanes has been investigated. These precursors feature urea groups and either short or long alkylene chains, which are known to favor self-assembly. The most regular nanostructures were obtained by a combination of the tripodal precursors with C10H20 alkylene chains, as shown by powder X-ray diffraction (PXRD) analysis, independent of the reaction conditions. Tidy up! Organosilicas that feature imidazolium units tend to self-organize during the sol-gel process thanks to the self-assembly of long alkylene chains. Copyright © 2013 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2235-2241
JournalChemistry - An Asian Journal
Volume8
Issue number9
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Sept 2013

Keywords

  • hydrolysis
  • nanostructures
  • organosilicas
  • self-assembly
  • sol-gel processes

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