Periodic large mesoporous organosilicas from lyotropic liquid crystal polymer templatesElectronic supplementary information (ESI) available: TEM image, MAS NMR and FT-IR spectra, and BJH pore size distribution for PMO materials. See http://www.rsc.org/suppdata/cc/b1/b106938c/

Abstract

Periodic large mesopore organosilicas have been obtained for the first time using bridged silsesquioxane (RO)3SiCH2CH2Si(OR)3 precursors and triblock copolymers as structure-directing species in acid media.