Enantioselective Sol–Gel Materials Obtained by Either Doping or Imprinting with a Chiral Surfactant

Abstract

Chiral pores are fabricated in phenylated sol–gel materials using chiral surfactants (see figure). The interactions between the pores with and without the surfactant and chiral molecular probes are investigated. The effect of entrapped and extracted surfactant changes the enantioselectivity of the material.