The rapid development of modern industry and excessive consumption of petroleum‐based
polymers have triggered a double crisis presenting a shortage of nonrenewable resources …

This Review aims to give an overview of recent research in the area of porous, organic–
inorganic and purely organic, functional materials. Possibilities for introducing organic …

Silica aerogels are highly porous solid materials consisting of three-dimensional networks of
silica particles and are typically obtained by removing the liquid in silica gels under …

Conventional silica-based aerogels are among the most promising materials considering
their special properties, such as extremely low thermal conductivity (~ 15 mW/mK) and low …

Solid catalysts provide numerous opportunities for recovering and recycling catalysts from
reaction environments. These features can lead to improved processing steps, better …

This review describes methods of preparing hybrid inorganic–organic mesoporous silicates
with uniform channel structures, as well as some of their applications. Both reactive and …

Tailoring of porous materials involves not only chemical synthetic techniques for tailoring
microscopic properties such as pore size, pore shape, pore connectivity, and pore surface …

The class of hybrid organic− inorganic materials called bridged polysilsesquioxanes are
used for everything from surface modifiers and coatings to catalysts and membrane …

Polyhedral oligosilsesquioxane (POSS)-based hybrid polymers have generated much
interest recently, both from the academic and industrial points of view. POSS are completely …

The composites discussed in this review are prepared using techniques similar to those
used in the new sol‐gel approach to ceramics. Organometallis such as silicates, titanates …