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  1. Dynamic light scattering unveils stochastic degradation in large-pore mesoporous silica nanoparticles

    Article • Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, December 2024, Elsevier

    Dr Xavier CATTOEN

  2. Highly Efficient Consolidation of Mesoporous Silica Microstructures Using Photonic Curing

    Article • Advanced Functional Materials, February 2024, Wiley

    Dr Xavier CATTOEN

  3. Periodic mesoporous organosilica nanoparticles: Morphology control and sorption properties

    Article • Colloids and Surfaces A Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, November 2023, Elsevier

    Dr Xavier CATTOEN

  4. A kinetic approach to the mechanism of formation of mesoporous silica nanoparticles

    Article • Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology, May 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Xavier CATTOEN

  5. Sonocrystallization of CMONS Needles and Nanocubes: Mechanistic Studies and Advanced Crystallinity Characterization by Combining X-ray and Electron Diffractions with DNP-Enhanced NMR

    Article • Crystal Growth & Design, February 2022, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Xavier CATTOEN

  6. Dynamics of heterogeneous wetting in periodic hybrid nanopores

    Article • The Journal of Chemical Physics, April 2021, American Institute of Physics

    Dr Xavier CATTOEN

  7. Synthesis and properties of porous ester-silica nanoparticles

    Article • Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, April 2021, Elsevier

    Dr Xavier CATTOEN

  8. Ultrabright Silica-Coated Organic Nanocrystals for Two-Photon In Vivo Imaging

    Article • ACS Applied Nano Materials, November 2020, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Xavier CATTOEN

  9. Recyclable Mesoporous Organosilica Nanoparticles Derived from Proline-Valinol Amides for Asymmetric Organocatalysis

    Article • ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, August 2019, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Xavier CATTOEN

  10. Infrared and Raman spectroscopy of non-conventional hydrogen bonding betweenN,N′-disubstituted urea and thiourea groups: a combined experimental and theoretical investigation

    Article • Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, January 2019, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Xavier CATTOEN

  11. Click Functionalization of Sol-Gel Materials

    Article • January 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Xavier CATTOEN

  12. Red-emitting fluorescent organic@silicate core–shell nanoparticles for bio-imaging

    Article • New Journal of Chemistry, January 2018, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Xavier CATTOEN

  13. Recyclable Silica‐Supported Proline Sulphonamide Organocatalysts for Asymmetric Direct Aldol Reaction.

    Article • ChemistrySelect, December 2016, Wiley

    Dr Xavier CATTOEN

  14. Enhanced Collective Magnetic Properties in 2D Monolayers of Iron Oxide Nanoparticles Favored by Local Order and Local 1D Shape Anisotropy

    Article • Langmuir, February 2016, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Xavier CATTOEN

  15. Enhanced Collective Magnetic Properties Induced by the Controlled Assembly of Iron Oxide Nanoparticles in Chains

    Article • Advanced Functional Materials, February 2016, Wiley

    Dr Xavier CATTOEN

  16. Multifunctional Gold-Mesoporous Silica Nanocomposites for Enhanced Two-Photon Imaging and Therapy of Cancer Cells

    Article • Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences, February 2016, Frontiers

    Dr Xavier CATTOEN

  17. Evaporation-induced self-structuring of organised silica nanohybrid films through cooperative physical and chemical interactions

    Article • Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, January 2016, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Xavier CATTOEN

  18. Recyclable organocatalysts based on hybrid silicas

    Article • Green Chemistry, January 2016, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Xavier CATTOEN

  19. Click Functionalization of Sol–Gel Materials

    Article • January 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Xavier CATTOEN

  20. Eu 3+ -Based Bridged Silsesquioxanes for Transparent Luminescent Solar Concentrators

    Article • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, April 2015, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Xavier CATTOEN

  21. Porphyrin-functionalized mesoporous organosilica nanoparticles for two-photon imaging of cancer cells and drug delivery

    Article • Journal of Materials Chemistry B, January 2015, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Magali GARY-BOBO, Dr Xavier CATTOEN

  22. Influence of the synthetic method on the properties of two-photon-sensitive mesoporous silica nanoparticles

    Article • Journal of Materials Chemistry B, January 2015, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Xavier CATTOEN

  23. Controlled multiple functionalization of mesoporous silica nanoparticles: homogeneous implementation of pairs of functionalities communicating through energy or proton transfers

    Article • Nanoscale, January 2015, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Xavier CATTOEN

  24. Synthesis of disulfide-based biodegradable bridged silsesquioxane nanoparticles for two-photon imaging and therapy of cancer cells

    Article • Chemical Communications, January 2015, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Magali GARY-BOBO, Dr Xavier CATTOEN

  25. Disulfide-gated mesoporous silica nanoparticles designed for two-photon-triggered drug release and imaging

    Article • Journal of Materials Chemistry B, January 2015, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Xavier CATTOEN, Jeffrey Zink

  26. Syntheses and applications of periodic mesoporous organosilica nanoparticles

    Article • Nanoscale, January 2015, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Xavier CATTOEN, niveen khashab

  27. Mixed Periodic Mesoporous Organosilica Nanoparticles and Core–Shell Systems, Application to in Vitro Two-Photon Imaging, Therapy, and Drug Delivery

    Article • Chemistry of Materials, December 2014, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Xavier CATTOEN

  28. One‐Pot Construction of Multipodal Hybrid Periodic Mesoporous Organosilica Nanoparticles with Crystal‐Like Architectures

    Article • Advanced Materials, November 2014, Wiley

    Dr Clarence Charnay, Dr Xavier CATTOEN

  29. Tailoring the Hydrophilic/Lipophilic Balance of Clickable Mesoporous Organosilicas by the Copper-Catalyzed Azide–Alkyne Cycloaddition Click-Functionalization

    Article • Langmuir, October 2014, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Xavier CATTOEN

  30. Nanostructuring of Bridged Organosilane Precursors with Pendant Alkyl Chains

    Article • European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, October 2014, Wiley

    Dr Xavier CATTOEN

  31. Enhanced Two-Photon Fluorescence Imaging and Therapy of Cancer Cells via Gold@Bridged Silsesquioxane Nanoparticles

    Article • Small, September 2014, Wiley

    Dr Xavier CATTOEN

  32. A General Method for Preparing Bridged Organosilanes with Pendant Functional Groups and Functional Mesoporous Organosilicas

    Article • Chemistry - A European Journal, July 2014, Wiley

    Dr Xavier CATTOEN

  33. Biodegradable Ethylene-Bis(Propyl)Disulfide-Based Periodic Mesoporous Organosilica Nanorods and Nanospheres for Efficient In-Vitro Drug Delivery

    Article • Advanced Materials, July 2014, Wiley

    Dr Xavier CATTOEN

  34. Rhodamine B nanocrystals: elaborations, characterizations and functionalizations for biosensing applications

    Article • Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology, July 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Xavier CATTOEN

  35. Click approaches in sol–gel chemistry

    Article • Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology, September 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Xavier CATTOEN

  36. Inside Cover: Nanostructuring of Ionic Bridged Silsesquioxanes (Chem. Asian J. 9/2013)

    Article • Chemistry - An Asian Journal, August 2013, Wiley

    Dr Xavier CATTOEN

  37. Fast Assembling of Magnetic Iron Oxide Nanoparticles by Microwave-Assisted Copper(I) Catalyzed Alkyne–Azide Cycloaddition (CuAAC)

    Article • Chemistry of Materials, July 2013, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Xavier CATTOEN

  38. Nanostructuring of Ionic Bridged Silsesquioxanes

    Article • Chemistry - An Asian Journal, June 2013, Wiley

    Dr Xavier CATTOEN

  39. Catalytic applications of recyclable silica immobilized NHC–ruthenium complexes

    Article • Tetrahedron, January 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Xavier CATTOEN

  40. Sol–gel immobilized aryl iodides for the catalytic oxidative α-tosyloxylation of ketones

    Article • Reactive and Functional Polymers, January 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Xavier CATTOEN

  41. Tunable Multifunctional Mesoporous Silica Microdots Arrays by Combination of Inkjet Printing, EISA, and Click Chemistry

    Article • Chemistry of Materials, November 2012, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Xavier CATTOEN

  42. Recyclable Hybrid Silica-Based Catalysts Derived from Pd-NHC Complexes for Suzuki, Heck and Sonogashira Reactions

    Article • European Journal of Organic Chemistry, May 2012, Wiley

    Dr Xavier CATTOEN

  43. Sol–gel immobilized Hoveyda–Grubbs complex through the NHC ligand: A recyclable metathesis catalyst

    Article • Journal of Molecular Catalysis A Chemical, May 2012, Elsevier

    Dr Xavier CATTOEN

  44. Photoluminescent lamellar bilayer mono-alkyl-urethanesils

    Article • Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology, March 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Xavier CATTOEN

  45. Recyclable silica-supported prolinamide organocatalysts for direct asymmetric Aldol reaction in water

    Article • Green Chemistry, January 2012, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Diego A Alonso, Dr Xavier CATTOEN

  46. Luminescent coatings from bipyridine-based bridged silsesquioxanes containing Eu3+ and Tb3+ salts

    Article • Journal of Materials Chemistry, January 2012, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Xavier CATTOEN

  47. Engineering of metal-free bipyridine-based bridged silsesquioxanes for sustainable solid-state lighting

    Article • Journal of Materials Chemistry, January 2012, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Xavier CATTOEN

  48. Modulating the Photoluminescence of Bridged Silsesquioxanes Incorporating Eu 3+ -Complexed n , n ′-Diureido-2,2′-bipyridine Isomers: Application for Luminescent Solar Concentrators

    Article • Chemistry of Materials, November 2011, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Xavier CATTOEN

  49. Silica-immobilized N,O-prolinate ruthenium benzylidene complexes for catalytic applications

    Article • Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology, October 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Xavier CATTOEN

  50. 2D assembly of non-interacting magnetic iron oxide nanoparticles via“click” chemistry

    Article • Chemical Communications, January 2011, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Xavier CATTOEN

  51. Prolinamide bridged silsesquioxane as an efficient, eco-compatible and recyclable chiral organocatalyst

    Article • New Journal of Chemistry, January 2011, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Diego A Alonso, Dr Xavier CATTOEN

  52. Solvent-controlled morphology of lamellar silsesquioxanes: from platelets to microsponges

    Article • CrystEngComm, January 2011, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Verónica de Zea Bermudez, Dr Xavier CATTOEN

  53. Facile route to functionalized mesoporous silica nanoparticles by click chemistry

    Article • Journal of Materials Chemistry, January 2011, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Xavier CATTOEN

  54. Imidazolium-derived organosilicas for catalytic applications

    Article • Catalysis Science & Technology, January 2011, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Xavier CATTOEN

  55. Silica and hybrid silica hollow spheres from imidazolium-based templating agents

    Article • Journal of Materials Chemistry, January 2011, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Xavier CATTOEN

  56. Effects of additives and solvents on the gel formation rate and on the texture of P- and Si-doped TiO2 materials

    Article • Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, October 2010, Elsevier

    Dr Xavier CATTOEN

  57. Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Silica Material Derived from a Monosilylated Grubbs-Hoveyda Ruthenium Carbene as a Recyclable Metathesis Catalyst

    Article • Molecules, August 2010, MDPI AG

    Dr Xavier CATTOEN

  58. Lanthanide-Containing 2,2′-Bipyridine Bridged Urea Cross-Linked Polysilsesquioxanes

    Article • Spectroscopy Letters, July 2010, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Xavier CATTOEN

  59. Efficient spectrally dynamic blue-to-green emission of bipyridine-based bridged silsesquioxanes for solid-state lighting

    Article • physica status solidi (RRL) - Rapid Research Letters, January 2010, Wiley

    Dr Xavier CATTOEN

  60. Convenient route to water-sensitive sol–gel precursors using click chemistry

    Article • Chemical Communications, January 2010, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Xavier CATTOEN

  61. Hybrid materials: versatile matrices for supporting homogeneous catalysts

    Article • Journal of Materials Chemistry, January 2010, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Xavier CATTOEN

  62. Silica-supported l-proline organocatalysts for asymmetric aldolisation

    Article • Tetrahedron Asymmetry, December 2009, Elsevier

    Dr Xavier CATTOEN

  63. Synthesis of highly modular bis(oxazoline) ligands by Suzuki cross-coupling and evaluation as catalytic ligands

    Article • Tetrahedron, September 2009, Elsevier

    Dr Xavier CATTOEN

  64. Suzuki Cross-Coupling on Enantiomerically Pure Epoxides:  Efficient Synthesis of Diverse, Modular Amino Alcohols from Single Enantiopure Precursors

    Article • The Journal of Organic Chemistry, April 2007, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Xavier CATTOEN

  65. Transient Amino-Hydrazino-Carbenes: A Radical Pathway for Intramolecular 1,2-Migration Reactions

    Article • European Journal of Organic Chemistry, February 2007, Wiley

    Dr Xavier CATTOEN

  66. Toward phenanthridin-2-ylidene: electrophilicity versus acidity in planar-constrained C-aryl iminium salts

    Article • Tetrahedron Letters, January 2006, Elsevier

    Dr Xavier CATTOEN

  67. Evidence for Radical Fragmentations from Persistent Singlet Carbenes

    Article • Journal of the American Chemical Society, March 2005, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Xavier CATTOEN

  68. Reaction of a stable aminoarylcarbene with 2-chloroacrylonitrile: dearomatizing cyclization rather than cyclopropanation

    Article • Tetrahedron Letters, July 2004, Elsevier

    Dr Xavier CATTOEN

  69. Amino-Aryl-Carbenes: Alternative Ligands for Transition Metals?

    Article • Journal of the American Chemical Society, February 2004, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Xavier CATTOEN

  70. Transient Azomethine-ylides from a Stable Amino-carbene and an Aldiminium Salt

    Article • The Journal of Organic Chemistry, February 2003, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Xavier CATTOEN