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The sol-gel process is a chemical synthesis often considered as a green technology due to mild conditions preparation since is waste-free and the processing temperature is generally low (e.g., close to room temperature). Also, uses compounds that do not introduce impurities into the end material and excludes the washing stage. Compared to other chemical routes, sol-gel method has several advantages in the desig...
The mismatch between the photovoltaic (PV) cells absorption and the solar irradiance on earth is one of the major limitations towards more efficient PV energy conversion. This aspect was addressed by down-shifting the solar irradiance on Earth through luminescent down-shifting layers based on lanthanide-doped surface-functionalized ionosilicas (ISs) embedded in poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) coated on the sur...
In recent years, the synthesis of polymer electrolyte systems derived from biopolymers for the development of sustainable green electrochemical devices has attracted great attention. Here electrolytes based on the red seaweeds-derived polysaccharide κ-carrageenan (κ-Cg) doped with neodymium triflate (NdTrif<sub>3</sub>) and glycerol (Gly) were obtained by means of a simple, clean, fast, and low-cost procedure. ...
Organic/inorganic biohybrids composed of poly(ε-caprolactone) (PCL(530)) (where 530 represents the average molecular weight of the chains in gmol−1 ) chains covalently bonded to a siloxane network via urethane linkages and incorporating protic ionic liquids (PILs) were investigated. The materials (H-PILX, where H represents the host hybrid matrix and X is the ratio, in %, of the mass of PIL per mass of organic ...
Tailoring of the structure (from amorphous to highly ordered lamellar), morphology (from a homogenous texture to fibers, microparticles, seaweeds- and desert rose-like shapes) and photoluminescence features of five di-amide crossed-linked decyl/siloxanes (di-amidosils, d-A(10)) was achieved via sol-gel chemistry and self-assembly from a single precursor through a fine control of the reaction conditions (water c...
Correction for ‘Di-amidosils with tunable structure, morphology and emission quantum yield: the role of hydrogen bonding’ by S. C. Nunes et al., J. Mater. Chem. C, 2015, 3, 6844–6861.
A novel room-temperature white light emitter amide-cross linked alkyl/siloxane hybrid material (amidosil A) was produced by self-organization through the rational design of the precursor. This hybrid displays a highly complex hierarchical architecture composed of two lamellar bilayer structures, the relative spatial arrangement of which yields a multiplicity of ordered nanodomains with variable shapes and sizes...
A novel room-temperature white light emitter amide-cross linked alkyl/siloxane hybrid material (amidosil A) was produced by self-organization through the rational design of the precursor. This hybrid displays a highly complex hierarchical architecture composed of two lamellar bilayer structures, the relative spatial arrangement of which yields a multiplicity of ordered nanodomains with variable shapes and sizes...
Ordered mono-amide cross-linked alkyl/siloxane hybrids (mono-amidosils) incorporating a Rhodamine (B) methyl ester perchlorate dye (Rh(B) CH3ClO4) have been synthesized through the sol-gel process and self-directed assembly. The host hybrid matrix m-A(14) is a lamellar bilayer hierarchically structured hybrid composed of short methyl-capped alkyl chains grafted to a siliceous framework through amide groups. At ...