Synthesis of hybrid inorganic–organic mesoporous silica by co-condensation of siloxane and organosiloxane precursors

Organically functionalized mesoporous silicas are prepared at room temperature by the co-condensation of tetraethoxysilane and organosiloxanes in the presence of surfactant templates; the resulting materials are the first examples of covalently linked, ordered, hybrid inorganic–organic networks.