Several types of organic-inorganic hybrid materials are investigated in the group of Applied Inorganic Chemistry in
Vienna, many of them having polymeric organic constituents. The main goal of the proposed project is to relate the
materials properties of these hybrids to their nanostructure, with particular attention to the interface between the
organic polymeric part and the inorganic part of the hybrid material. An important issue will be to point out how
these structural features are affected by the experimental parameters employed during the preparation of the
materials. Several classes of materials will be investigated, such as dual network polymers, cluster-crosslinked
polymers, core/shell particles with an organic-polymeric shell or block copolymers with organic and inorganic
blocks, additionally structural issues associated with the use of polymers for the templating of mesoporous
materials. To obtain structural information, a combination of SAXS, EXAFS, TEM and electrochemical methods
will be mainly used and correlated with the results from other physical-chemical characterization methods available
in the host institute.