Molecular manipulation of two-and three-dimensional silica nanostructures by alkoxysilylation of a layered silicate octosilicate and subsequent hydrolysis of alkoxy …

D Mochizuki, A Shimojima, T Imagawa…

Index: Mochizuki, Dai; Shimojima, Atsushi; Imagawa, Takeshi; Kuroda, Kazuyuki Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2005 , vol. 127, # 19 p. 7183 - 7191

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Abstract

A novel methodology for constructing molecularly ordered silica nanostructures with two- dimensional (2-D) and three-dimensional (3-D) networks has been developed by using a stepwise process involving silylation of a layered silicate octosilicate with alkoxytrichlorosilanes [ROSiCl3, R= alkyl] and subsequent reaction within the interlayer spaces. Alkoxytrichlorosilanes react almost completely with octosilicate, bridging two ...