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Preparation of Functional Silica Using a Bioinspired Method
Published on: August 1, 2018
Tuning of particle morphology and pore properties in mesoporous silicas with multiple organic functional groups
Seong Huh1, Jerzy W Wiench, Brian G Trewyn
1Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011-3111, USA.
Abstract:
A synthetic method has been developed that can control both multifunctionalization and morphology of the mesoporous organic-inorganic hybrid materials by introducing different molar ratios of organoalkoxysilane precursors to a base-catalyzed co-condensation of silicate.

