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Preparation of Functional Silica Using a Bioinspired Method
Published on: August 1, 2018
Self-templating amphiphilic polysiloxanes to design nanostructured silica-based architectures
Abdelkrim El Kadib1, Annie Finiels, Nathalie Marcotte
1(iNANOTECH) Institute of Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology-MAScIR (Moroccan Foundation for Advanced Science, Innovation and Research), ENSET, Avenue de l'Armée Royale, Madinat El Irfane, 10100 Rabat, Morocco. a.elkadib@mascir.com
Abstract:
The self-assembly and sol-gel polymerisation of novel alkoxysilane-functionalized polymethylsiloxanes provide versatile access to nano-assembled containers, silica-based micro- and nano-architectures and dispersed mixed metal oxide hybrid materials.

