摘要
Ordered mesoporous silica has now been known for something over tenyears, and tremendous progress has been made to produce various structures. However,even more diverse than the structures are the h e w o r k compositions which have beensynthesized. In the context of this volume, framework compositions with organic groupseither attached to the surface or hlly incorporated into the framework are the mostrelevant ones. In this contribution, the state of the art of this class of materials will bereviewed, including recent developments from the group of the authors © 2008 VCH Verlagsgesellschaft mbH. All rights reserved.