Novel mesoporous materials with a uniform distribution of organic groups and inorganic oxide in their frameworks

Novel organic-inorganic hybrid mesoporous materials have been synthesized, in which organic and inorganic oxide moieties are distributed homogeneously at the molecular level in the framework, forming a covalently bonded network. They are highly ordered at the mesoscale, with two- and three-dimensional hexagonal symmetries and well-defined external morphologies. Nitrogen adsorption measurements show a uniform pore-size distribution with pore diameters of 31 and 27 Angstrom, and high surface areas of 750 and 1170 m(2)/g. The synthetic procedure to polymerize the organosilane monomer containing two trialkoxysilyl groups in the presence of surfactant can be applied to the synthesis of a variety of highly ordered organic-inorganic hybrid mesoporous materials.