Single source precursor approach hydrolysis mechanisms in organic media

Abstract

The chapter provides detailed analysis of reaction mechanisms for hydrolytic processes, leading to formation of metal oxides in organic media, and explains the role of such factors as hydrolysis ratio, complexation ratio, the nature of heteroligands, and the nature of constituents in chemically complex systems. It presents the MTSAL concept, describing the principles of micellar self-assembly for metal oxides in organic solvents and introduces the principles for construction and application of specially designed single source precursors (SSP). Advantages and disadvantages of SSP approach for the preparation of dense and porous films for different applications are described. The principles for the structure design and synthetic approaches to this class of compounds are outlined and illustrated for a large number of heterometallic and heteroleptic alkoxide complexes.