Efficient mesoporous silica-titania catalysts from colloidal self-assembly.

Chem Commun (Camb)

Institut Charles Gerhardt Montpellier, UMR 5253 CNRS/UM2/ENSCM/UM1, ENSCM, 8 rue de l'Ecole Normale, 34296 Montpellier Cedex 5, France.

Published: November 2012

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  • Researchers developed mesoporous silica-titania materials with adjustable composition and texture.
  • These materials show high catalytic activity for mild oxidation of sulfur compounds.
  • The creation process involves a combination of spray-drying and self-assembly using chitin nanorods and organometallic oligomers.

Article Abstract

Mesoporous silica-titania materials of tunable composition and texture, which present a high catalytic activity in the mild oxidation of sulfur compounds, have been obtained by combining the spray-drying process with the colloidal self-assembly of α-chitin nanorods (biopolymer acting as a template) and organometallic oligomers.

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