Composite materials: organic-inorganic frameworks

The mechanistic interplay between micelle/liquid crystal chemistry and the polymerization/crystallization of the inorganic framework provide a rare opportunity to construct an array of new structures based on well established principles of charge density matching at the organic/inorganic interface. With these new structures, pore sizes and compositions at hand, researchers in many fields are armed with a new arsenal of materials with which to attack the nano-scopic problems. 

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