A metal-organic gel used as a template for a porous organic polymer

Qiang Wei; Stuart L James

doi:10.1039/b418554d

A metal-organic gel used as a template for a porous organic polymer

Chem Commun (Camb). 2005 Mar 28:(12):1555-6. doi: 10.1039/b418554d. Epub 2005 Feb 4.

Authors

Qiang Wei¹, Stuart L James

Affiliation

¹ Centre for the Theory and Application of Catalysis, School of Chemistry, Queen's University Belfast, David Keir Building, Stranmillis Road, Belfast, Northern Ireland, BT9 5AG, UK. q.wei@qub.ac.uk

PMID: 15770257
DOI: 10.1039/b418554d

Abstract

A polymeric metal-organic gel is described, which acts as a template in the preparation of macroporous polymethylmethacrylate, and can be easily removed post-polymerisation.