In situ Synchrotron SAXS/XRD Study on the Formation of Ordered Mesoscopic Hybrid Materials with Crystal-Like Walls

Abstract

The synthesis of a mesoscopically ordered biphenylene-bridged organosilica with crystal-like pore walls was studied by time-resolved in situ SAXS/XRD. The formation of periodic order both on the mesoscopic scale and within the pore walls is found to occur simultaneously and in a highly cooperative process.