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Title: Sol-gel precursors and products thereof

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1343768

The present invention provides a generalizable single-source sol-gel precursor capable of introducing a wide range of functionalities to metal oxides such as silica. The sol-gel precursor facilitates a one-molecule, one-step approach to the synthesis of metal-silica hybrids with combinations of biological, catalytic, magnetic, and optical functionalities. The single-source precursor also provides a flexible route for simultaneously incorporating functional species of many different types. The ligands employed for functionalizing the metal oxides are derived from a library of amino acids, hydroxy acids, or peptides and a silicon alkoxide, allowing many biological functionalities to be built into silica hybrids. The ligands can coordinate with a wide range of metals via a carboxylic acid, thereby allowing direct incorporation of inorganic functionalities from across the periodic table. Using the single-source precursor a wide range of functionalized nanostructures such as monolith structures, mesostructures, multiple metal gradient mesostructures and Stober-type nanoparticles can be synthesized. ##STR00001##

Research Organization:
Cornell Research Foundation, Inc. Ithaca, NY (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
FG02-03ER46072
Assignee:
Cornell Research Foundation, Inc.
Patent Number(s):
9,567,353
Application Number:
12/440,516
OSTI ID:
1343768
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 2007 Sep 10
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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