Abstract:

A review. An outline is given on the use of microemulsions and other microcompartmentalized systems as media for chem. reactions. Examples are presented to illustrate the principles of different possible reactions and the used microheterogeneous media. Treated is the prepn. of nanosized inorg. particles from microemulsions, the prepn. of mesoporous inorg. materials from surfactant liq. crystals, and the use of solid foams prepd. from highly concd. emulsions to make meso/macroporous inorg. oxide materials. The use of microheterogeneous systems as media for the prepn. of org. polymers and of microemulsions for bioorg. synthesis is also described. [on SciFinder(R)]