Porous silica obtained from biodegradable and biocompatible inorganic-organic hybrid materials

Porous silicas have been successfully prepared from poly(ε -caprolactone) (PCL)-silica hybrid materials based on the template approach. The final texture of the porous silica can be tailored by the PCL template, i.e., molecular weight and molecular weight distribution, content, type and number of reactive end-groups per chain. Porosity has been investigated by nitrogen adsorption-desorption technique and small angle X-ray scattering (SAXS).