Mesostructured organosilica with a 9-mesityl-10-methylacridinium bridging unit: photoinduced charge separation in the organosilica framework

Chem Commun (Camb). 2010 Dec 28;46(48):9235-7. doi: 10.1039/c0cc03354e. Epub 2010 Nov 1.

Abstract

Polycondensation of 9-mesityl-10-methylacridinium-bridged organosilane in the presence of a nonionic surfactant yielded a mesostructured organosilica solid with a functional framework that exhibited long-lived photoinduced charge separation.