Organic functional groups, mesoporous hybrids

Although micro- and not mesoporous but worth mentioning in any case is a new class of materials in this evolution series of porous silica-based hybrid materials, the so-called ZOLs (zeolites with organic group as lattice). As we will see, many studies in the past focused on the organic functionalization of amorphous silica porous... 

Coupling of functional groups onto the walls of mesoporous silica materials can also be achieved by surfactant-templated assembly of an organosilicon alkoxide and silicon alkoxide reagents. Recent reports that use this synthetic strategy include hybrids of methacrylate-mesoporous silica [104], phenyl-amino (thiol or allyl)-mesoporous silica [105], and organic chromo-phore-mesoporous silica [106]. 

Hybrid Silica Materials Use of silica with periodically mesoporous organosilicas (PMOs) morphology, with organic groups as functionalization materials, for applications in sensing. 

Depending on the conditions and chemical precursors used for mesoporous materials synthesis, different morphologies, such as hexagonal, cubic, or lamellar, and different pore sizes can be obtained (Fig. 9.2). Additionally, these materials can easily be functionalized with organic groups to produce a variety of hybrid inorganic-organic materials with new properties, which directly affect the functionality of the enzyme [91, 92]. 

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