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Chem Commun (Camb). 2002 Sep 21;(18):2012-3. doi: 10.1039/b205883a.

Photochemical modification of the surface area and tortuosity of a trans-1,2-bis(4-pyridyl)ethylene periodic mesoporous MCM organosilica.

Chemical communications (Cambridge, England)

Mercedes Alvaro, Belén Ferrer, Hermenegildo García, Fernando Rey

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  1. Instituto de Tecnología Química CSIC-UPV, Departamento de Química UPV, Avada de los Naranjos s/n, 46022, Valencia, Spain.

PMID: 12357755 DOI: 10.1039/b205883a

Abstract

A periodic mesoporous MCM-41 organosilica containing trans-1,2-bis(4-pyridyl)ethylene (t-BE) (350 m2 g-1; 0.28 cm3 g-1) incorporated in the silica walls undergoes photochemical isomerization to the cis configured bis(4-pyridyl)ethylene resulting in a dramatic area (473 m2 g-1) and pore volume (0.38 cm3 g-1) increase.

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