Ternary cooperative assembly—polymeric condensation of photoactive viologen, phosphonate-terminated dendrimers and crystalline anatase nanoparticles

Abstract

Photoactive viologen fragments were covalently embedded within the material framework during the self-assembly and sol–gel polymerisation of phosphonate-terminated dendrimers and soluble titanium-oxo-species. The resulting porous anisotropic phosphonate-bridged-crystalline anatase materials serve as new hosts to disperse and stabilize small gold nanoparticles.