Organic-Inorganic Hybrids: The New Frontier for Advanced Functional Materials
A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Materials Chemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2021) | Viewed by 12717
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Interests: (photo)reforming; chemical synthesis; nanocomposites; thin films; surface properties; zeolites
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Interests: Microfluidics , Multi-modal imaging, Theranostic, Hybrid Nanosystems, Preparation of metallorganic-based materials, Synthesis of oxide-based catalysts, UV-VIS spectroscopy, Electron Microscopy, Nitrogen adsorption measurement
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Organic–inorganic hybrid materials arise from the integration of organic and inorganic matrices and they can be classified according to the mutual interactions at the molecular level, as proposed by Prof. Clement Sanchez. The synergic characteristics and functionalities with respect to the single component make hybrids a potential platform for multidisciplinary applications. The challenges and opportunities offered by topic of hybrid materials are strongly correlated with the synthesis strategies adopted. In this area, recent efforts have focused on increasing the advantages and reduce the limitations of the two counterparts. Many approaches have been proposed to go beyond mechanical strength and thermal and chemical stability to prepare highly versatile functional materials with improved optical and electrical properties, energy conversion capability, luminescence ionic conductivity and biochemical activity
The “soft chemistry” behind the sol-gel method is a potential tool to produce smart materials thanks to unique features, with perfect control over size, composition, functionality, and morphology. Organically modified silicates (ormosil) are by far the most employed precursors for the preparation of hybrid materials and the large variety of commercially available ormosil precursors offers numerous opportunities to design new functional materials.
This Special Issue will provide a forum for scientists working on both synthesis strategies and characterization for the development of advanced hybrid materials. Papers reporting the performance of new nanohybrids in any field of materials science (catalysis and biocatalysis, sensing, biomedical applications, etc.) are welcome.
The control of the organic-inorganic interface and the correlation between the synthesis procedure and the interface properties cannot be ignored. For this reason, works concerning the use of modern tools, such as (DOSY) NMR, SAXS, and WAXS, to evaluate the hybrid interfaces and self-assembly processes are also encouraged.
Dr. Serena Esposito
Prof. Dr. Michele Pansini
Guest Editors
Dr. Olimpia Tammaro
Assistant Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Sol-gel routes for hybrids
- Nanomaterials
- Mesoporous materials
- Hybrids characterization
- Catalytic active hybrid materials
- Biocatalysis
- Polymer-inorganic nano-hybrids
- Enzyme stabilization
- Hierarchical structures of hybrid materials
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