On form dictating function: shape and structural effects in silica‐based funtional materials |
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| Authors: | Mario Pagliaro Rosaria Ciriminna Giovanni Palmisano |
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| Institution: | Istituto per lo Studio dei Materiali Nanostrutturati, CNR, via Ugo La Malfa 153, 90146 Palermo, Italy. Fax: +39 091 680 92 47 |
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| Abstract: | Along with basic physicochemical properties, the morphology of sol‐gel materials, both on the macro‐, meso‐, and nanoscale, controls function and utility. Referring to recent achievements, we focus on the relation between form and activity for functional silica‐based materials to elucidate a few general concepts of usefulness in guiding research in this burgeoning field. © 2010 The Japan Chemical Journal Forum and Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Chem Rec 10: 000–000; 2010: Published online in Wiley InterScience ( www.interscience.wiley.com ) DOI 10.1002/tcr.200900023 |
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