Natural silica and silicates are predominantly crystalline and constitute the most abundant
components of the Earth's crust. Man-made silica is typically amorphous and manufactured …

Covalent organic frameworks (COFs) are the emerging type of organic crystalline porous
materials, prepared through reticular chemistry with building blocks featuring light elements …

Nanotechnology is rapidly sweeping through all the vital fields of science and technology
such as electronics, aerospace, defense, medicine, and catalysis. It involves the design …

Predetermining the physico‐chemical properties, biosafety, and stimuli‐responsiveness of
nanomaterials in biological environments is essential for safe and effective biomedical …

Cage-like organosiloxanes have proven to be ideal 3D building blocks for constructing
unique classes of covalently-linked hybrid porous polymers with tunable structures and …

The rise of organic–inorganic hybrid materials in both academia and industry results from a
convergence of diverse expertise and communities and is driven by the curiosity of open …

The chemical industry relies on catalytic processes, which involve mainly heterogeneous
catalysts because they offer many advantages over their homogeneous counterparts such …

Artificial photosynthesis—reduction of CO2 into chemicals and fuels with water oxidation in
the presence of sunlight as the energy source—mimics natural photosynthesis in green …

Hollow periodic mesoporous organosilicas (PMOs) with molecularly homogeneous organic
functional groups in the inorganic pore walls are attracting more and more attention due to …

Gas separation by employing polymeric membranes is one of the most developed branches
of membrane based separation technology. But, polymeric materials are unable to meet the …